There are many options in IOL transplants. I have no idea what current doctors are doing with their patients. When I had my eyes done, there were three options: both lenses for distance, both lenses for near, one lens for far, and one lens for near.
The people that I know had one lens near and one lens far. We develop presbyopia as we age, losing the ability of the lens to change shape, and of course the lens transplants don’t change shape.
The theory of one near, one far suggests that the brain adapts to using one for distance viewing, such as driving a car, and another for near objects, like reading. By choosing this option, they didn’t need glasses.
So, my doctor suggested contact lenses for thirty days to see what I preferred.
I never adapted to the ‘one lens near, one lens far’ option when using contact lenses.
Because I have been nearsighted for most of my life, I am used to wearing glasses for correction. At that time, since I was still playing tennis, I chose to have both contact lenses correct for far vision. That way, I could play tennis and drive my car without glasses.
I use glasses for reading.
If I had it to do over again (that is always an option), I would choose to have both lenses for near vision, as I spend more time looking at computer screens and reading.
Currently, there are lenses available that are similar to Verilux graduated lenses. But I never liked them either.
Your doctor should let you try the contact lens version of the implants to see if you like the result.
