Ditch glasses and contacts with Implantable Collamer Lenses (ICLs) in Stockholm

ICL is a fantastic vision correction solution for all vision defects for you between 20 and 45

Ditch glasses and contacts with Implantable Collamer Lenses (ICLs) in Stockholm

ICL is a fantastic vision correction solution for all vision defects for you between 20 and 45

Life is better without glasses and contacts

Even if you’re not a candidate for laser eye surgery, you can experience life-changing freedom with ICLs

Free yourself from the barriers that hold you back

After ICLs, you’ll have exceptional natural vision and be free from the drawbacks of glasses and contact lenses. You’ll never have to worry about the way glasses make you look or feel, or any contact lens complications. You can finally live your life the way it’s supposed to be – with confidence.

When you feel confident, amazing things happen

When you feel confident in who you are, it shows through your actions, personal demeanour, and interaction with others. ICLs help you feel ready for life’s experiences and more likely to move forward with new people and opportunities – not back away from them.

Life’s better without glasses

Imagine waking up in the morning and being able to leave the house without having to worry about your glasses or contact lenses. You can walk, swim, shop and travel without anxiety around your glasses and contact lenses getting in your way. Whether it’s a picnic in the park or an interview for your dream job, you’ll feel attractive, relaxed and comfortable.

Take the first step to a more confident you

The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence. But unfortunately, confidence can’t help you see. Sure, these visual aids do the job, but they come with an array of setbacks that can make you feel uncomfortable in your own skin. With ICLs, your true natural vision is restored, giving you the confidence to live a better life.

Life is better without glasses and contacts

Even if you’re not a candidate for laser eye surgery, you can experience life-changing freedom with ICLs

Free yourself from the barriers that hold you back

After ICLs, you’ll have exceptional natural vision and be free from the drawbacks of glasses and contact lenses. You’ll never have to worry about the way glasses make you look or feel, or any contact lens complications. You can finally live your life the way it’s supposed to be – with confidence.

When you feel confident, amazing things happen

When you feel confident in who you are, it shows through your actions, personal demeanour, and interaction with others. ICLs help you feel ready for life’s experiences and more likely to move forward with new people and opportunities – not back away from them.

Life’s better without glasses

Imagine waking up in the morning and being able to leave the house without having to worry about your glasses or contact lenses. You can walk, swim, shop and travel without anxiety around your glasses and contact lenses getting in your way. Whether it’s a picnic in the park or an interview for your dream job, you’ll feel attractive, relaxed and comfortable.

Take the first step to a more confident you

The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence. But unfortunately, confidence can’t help you see. Sure, these visual aids do the job, but they come with an array of setbacks that can make you feel uncomfortable in your own skin. With ICLs, your true natural vision is restored, giving you the confidence to live a better life.

3 easy steps to free yourself from glasses and contacts (even if you’re unsuitable for laser eye surgery)

Vision correction options can be confusing. We’ve made the journey as straightforward as can be

GET IN TOUCH

Not everyone is suitable for laser eye surgery, and that’s why there’s ICL. The first step is to get a clear answer on whether ICLs can help you or not. Give our friendly team a call on +46 73 971 60 84 or use our easy online calendar to book a free assessment.

WE’LL MEET

At your assessment , we’ll answer your questions and give you a clear and honest recommendation based on your needs and lifestyle. You’ll leave with a confident understanding of the best treatment option for your unique eyes.

ENJOY FREEDOM

After treatment, people across the country tell us how surprised they are by how quickly their life changed. They mention that they wish they had done it years earlier! When people say yes to eye treatment, they say yes to a new life, free from the limitation of glasses and contacts!

Discover if you can be free from glasses and contact lenses

The best way to find out if ICL is right for you is to have a free assessment. We'll examine your eyes and get a clear answer from our experts on your suitability and laser vision correction options

Gain freedom from glasses even if you’re unsuitable for laser eye surgery

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ICL suitability criteria

At your pre-operative assessment, we will be able to determine your suitability for implantable collamer lenses. ICLs are a corrective option for those with mild to severe myopia, mild to high hyperopia and astigmatism. ICL basically corrects all visual defects, i.e. up to -20 diopters myopia, up to +10.0 D hyperopia and up to +6.0 D astigmatism.

How they work

Surgery-implanted lenses, also known as intraocular lenses, are a solution for those who seek permanent correction of vision disorders such as shortsightedness, longsightedness, and astigmatism. These implants resemble contact lenses. We can place them behind the iris through a small, self-sealing incision in the line between the white of the eye and the cornea.

Unlike traditional contact lenses, you will not feel an intraocular lens in your eye. In addition, phakic implants require no maintenance. Nor do they require the reshaping of your corneal tissue (as in laser eye surgery).

They function in the same way as glasses or contact lenses except that they become integral parts of your eye by being implanted behind the iris to compensate for your vision defects.

Visual recovery is fast.

Phakic Implants

The intraocular lens is small and flexible, allowing it to be folded and injected painlessly in just a few seconds through a small incision in the cornea. Once injected, it unfolds and is positioned effortlessly between the iris and the crystalline lens.

The selected implants are made from collamer, a combination of collagen and polymer; a material that is 100% bio-compatible with your eyes. They are one of the latest technological advances in vision correction technology. This FDA-approved technology also corrects large refractive errors.

The first implants were inserted in 1993 in Europe, so we now have more than twenty years of usage and experience without serious complications.

Advantages
  • Excellent vision quality – Due to its unique anti-reflective properties and its high water resistance, the Collamer lens can diffuse light in the same way as a natural crystalline lens. This allows cleaner and clearer vision. There are no halos or glare, no poor night vision, nor effects associated with other types of implants.
  • Bio-compatibility – The collagen present in the Collamer lens attracts fibronectin, a substance naturally present in your eye, which means it is perfectly accepted by the body.
  • Invisibility – It is invisible. It functions as a conventional contact lens, with the difference that it is placed inside the eye and not on its surface. Other than the fact that it corrects your visual disorder, you cannot see it, or feel it, so you’ll forget it’s even there!
  • Reversibility – It is removable. This lens is designed to remain indefinitely in the eye. However, we can remove it if necessary as it does not alter or damage in any way the structures of the eye or the cornea
  • UV protection – Long-term exposure to UV radiation can damage your eyes and increase the risk of blurred vision, and also includes the development of cataracts and retinal problems. Intraocular lenses contain a UV blocker that prevents UVA and UVB rays from entering the eye, so your eye is protected.
Disadvantages

ICL typically costs more than laser eye surgery.

Sometimes there is a residual correction (remaining visual error) that requires laser touch-up (about 1% of cases). We have experience with these touch-ups, and they don’t pose a problem.

Sometimes (less than 1% of cases) it is necessary to replace the implant with a different size.

ICLs can correct mild to severe myopia, mild to high hyperopia and astigmatism.

Ingen vävnad tas bort från ögat (i motsättning till laserkorrektion, där vävnad tas bort från hornhinnan). ICL är urtagbart, vilket gör att ingreppet är lätt att reversera.

Your operation in three steps

1. Before your operation

The procedure for intraocular lens implantation lasts about 30 minutes.
The procedure is painless, and we use local anaesthesia with drops.

On the day of your surgery, we will prescribe you an anxiolytic to relax you. You will return to the operating room, and we will give you a sterile operating robe to wear. The procedure can then begin.

2. During your operation

During your operation, you will be lying on an ophthalmological chair. After following strict antiseptic rules, we will give you eyedrops for anesthesia.

The procedure consists of two steps:

The creation of one or two small openings at the base of the cornea, which we will use to position the lens.

The insertion of the correction lens, chosen according to your visual impairment.

The procedure is not painful and is perfectly safe.

3. After your operation

During the first hours, it is advisable to rest with eyes closed. Following your surgeon’s instructions, you will start the anti-inflammatory treatment on the evening of the procedure as indicated on the prescription.

It is essential not to expose yourself to “at-risk” atmospheres during the first week. Avoid all situations that may expose your eyes to micro-organisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi). Avoid getting water into the eyes when showering the first two weeks. It is essential to observe strict rules of hygiene, in particular, to wash hands thoroughly before putting in your eye drops. You should also avoid rubbing your eyes, and of course, avoid eye trauma.

We provide postoperative follow-up and will check your eyes two weeks after the operation.

Studies on implantable collamer lenses show a satisfaction rate of higher than 99%. In some rare cases, it may be necessary to carry out additional laser treatment on the cornea to optimise the result.

Do glasses and contact lenses hold you back?

If so, you have an option to be free, even if you’re not suitable for laser eye surgery

Tired of your glasses and contacts getting in the way?

Vision correction can help you achieve clear vision and improve your quality of life. What if there was a better way than glasses and contact lenses?

At Ocavis, we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to see clearly without glasses or contacts. Discover your options at a ICL vision correction assessment.

Been turned down for laser eye surgery?

Laser eye surgery is a popular procedure, but it isn’t suitable for everyone. If you have a glasses prescription that exceeds the range that laser eye surgery can treat, or are interested in a reversible solution, then book an assessment and find out if ICL treatment could help you.

Are your eyes struggling with contact lenses?

Contact lens intolerance is a real problem for many people, who often find themselves unable to wear contacts at all or only for limited periods of time. Free yourself from irritation with a permanent lens - ICL.Book an assessment and find out if ICL treatment could help you.

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What our patients say…

We’ve helped thousands of happy Swedes gain freedom with lens replacement

“Jag önskade att bli av med både glasögon och kontaktlinser därför att det kändes jobbigt och tröttande att behöva ta av och på glasögonen under hela dagen samt att byta mellan kontaktlinser och glasögon. Linsbytes operationen var en gåva till mig själv i samband med min pensionering. Nu efter linsbytes operationen känner jag mig extremt lycklig och resultatet blev bättre än förväntat. Det känns som ett mirakel! Jag ser nu bra på alla avstånd utan glasögon och jag hade inte trott att det kunde blir så här bra.”

P De Gourville

“ Jag valde att utföra linsbytet vid Ocavis Ögonklinik därför att jag tycker att de har ett hade ett mycket trevligt och professionellt bemötande som inger förtroende. Nu efter operationen känns det otroligt bra och jag är väldigt glad för att jag äntligen beslutade att utföra linsbytet efter att ha funderat i flera år. Nu har kontrastseendet förbättrats och jag ser färger mycket klarare jämfört med innan operationen. Jag blir imponerat varje gång jag är ute och går över hur mycket klarare jag ser omgivningen utan glasögon. Det är otroligt skönt att slippa att tänka på att ha med sig glasögonen hela tiden, speciellt med tanke på att jag tidigare alltid brukade förlägga de. Jag är mycket nöjd och glad över att jag valde att utföra min linsbytesoperation på Ocavis Ögonklinik.”

Owe Ödbrink

“Jag hade höga styrkor på mina glasögon innan operationen. Glasögonen var jättedyra och det var jobbigt att se sämre på alla håll då jag även hade gråstarr. Jag var rädd och ängslig inför min operation med implantation av trifokala linser av och jag valde Ocavis för min operation då alla på kliniken är jättesnälla och man märker att de är skickliga och proffsiga. Efter operationen hade jag en konstig känsla och det pirrade i hela kroppen på ett positivt sätt. Jag har haft glasögon i nästan 40 år och det känns otroligt att gå omkring att se så här klart utan glasögon på alla avstånd. Nu ser jag allt mycket klarare och det är fascinerande att titta på människor och den omgivande miljön nu när detaljer framkommer mycket klarare och jag inte behöver vara beroende av glasögon.”

R Thorrgren

“Innan linsbytesoperationen på Ocavis kände jag mig mycket begränsat på grund av problem med att se på nära håll vid läsning utan glasögon. Jag läser mycket och det är viktigt för mig att kunna se att läsa både på Ipad och Iphone. I mitt arbete som sjuksköterska delar jag ut mycket läkemedel och det är viktigt att kunna se bra. Redan samma dag efter operationen märkte jag att jag såg bättre utan glasögon på alla avstånd och det kändes oerhört tillfredsställande och roligt. Det känns nu väldigt skönt att slippa att hela tiden komma ihåg att ta med sig sin glasögon i vardagen för att kunna läsa. Hela upplevelsen på Ocavis var väldigt smidig och bra.”

S Kallisjärvi
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sbu alert – utvärdering av nya metoder inom hälso- och sjukvården: Operation vid brytningsfel i ögat

Hello, I’m Margrethe Rönbeck, MD, ögonspecialist, PhD

My vision is to provide my patients with warm and personalised guidance through their vision correction journey from start to finish. I run a highly individualised service to treat discerning patients with presbyopia (ageing eyes) and cataracts who want the best treatment and technology available.