Light Adjustable Lens (LAL / LAL+)
Test-drive your vision before making a final decision - select your prescription after surgery, not before.
Lens Technology
How It Works
The Light Adjustable Lens is a specialized lens made of advanced, light-sensitive material. After your surgery and initial healing period, your doctor uses a series of brief, painless UV light treatments right in the office to reshape the lens. This allows you to "test-drive" your vision in your daily life and fine-tune your exact prescription before locking in the final visual outcome.
Is this lens right for you
Who It's Good For
This lens is ideal for precision-seeking patients who want the sharpest visual accuracy possible and the unique flexibility to customize their focus after surgery. It is especially beneficial for individuals with prior LASIK or PRK laser vision correction, where predicting traditional lens power can be more challenging.
Weighing the choice
Pros & Tradeoffs
Advantages
Low Nighttime Disturbances:Carries a very low risk of annoying glare or halos around lights at night.
Top-Tier Visual Accuracy:You are twice as likely to achieve 20/20 vision (or better) without glasses compared to standard replacement lenses.
Post-Surgery Flexibility:Your doctor can easily adjust and perfect your vision in the clinic through 3 to 4 quick, painless light treatments.
Honest Tradeoffs
Time Commitment:3–4 light treatment visits (under 3 minutes each) over 1–2 weeks post-surgery plus additional follow-up time.
Mandatory UV Protection:Patients must wear provided UV-protective glasses during all daylight/screen hours until the final lock-in treatment is completed.
Vision Target:Corrects to one primary target distance per eye (reading glasses or mini-monovision strategies required for other ranges).
Board-certified expertise
