Lucy Bronze achieves visual freedom with the EVO implantable lenses

Soccer Player

Vision struggles on and off the field

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Life Changing

"EVO ICL has been a procedure that changed my life completely, my biggest regret is literally the fact that I didn’t do it sooner. EVO ICL gave me excellent vision, and changed everything, I wish I’d done it sooner!"

Off the pitch

My bad eyesight was definitely a big inconvenience for me, not just in my football but in all ways of life, I’m someone whose very active, I want to go swimming, I want to play on the beach, I want to do all of these things, and with contacts it was becoming just too difficult, I thought that’s it, I need to do something about it. My life is definitely simpler with EVO ICL now, on and off the pitch. EVO has improved my eyesight to even better than 20:20, which is amazing.
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Lucy Bronze 4

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Questions With Lucy

What do you do for a living?

I am a professional footballer, playing league, European and international games.

How long have you had problems with your vision?

I first discovered that I needed glasses when I was about 9 years old. I was often losing or breaking my glasses while playing football. When I became a teenager I began wearing contact lenses for when I was playing sport.

What’s your biggest pain point about wearing contacts?

I had quite a few problems with contact lenses, as any contact lens wearer will tell you, after a few hours of wear you start to feel irritated, dry eyes, rubbing you eyes, you’re waiting to get home so can finally take your lenses out and put your glasses on for a moment. It’s like when you take you shoes off at home and get to put your feet up, that was that feeling of I get to take my lenses out finally. Not to mention the worry that a lens might fall out during a game, which actually happened during a league game.

What about EVO ICL helped make your decision?

EVO is a revolutionary procedure that doesn’t use lasers and works in harmony with my natural eye, it’s a revisable lens implant, so if ever necessary the lenses can be removed by my consultant. When I found out that the EVO lens that’s implanted can be removed, I thought if my eyesight does change with age I had the option to do things with that and being in control with those type of things when it comes to my eyes really appealed to me. EVO is designed to be a permanent vision correction solution, no daily maintenance or periodical replacement is required. But, if for any reason, there is a need or desire to have it removed, a consultant can do that. Having that flexibility for the future provided me with the peace of mind I needed to make the decision. EVO is additive, doesn’t remove any corneal tissue with lasers, so in complete harmony with my natural eye – my eye is still the same, my eye.

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Important Safety Information

The EVO Visian ICL Lens is intended for the correction of moderate to high nearsightedness. EVO Visian ICL and EVO Visian TICL surgery is intended to safely and effectively correct nearsightedness between -3.0 D to -15.0 D, the reduction in nearsightedness up to -20.0 D and treatment of astigmatism from 1.0 D to 4.0 D. If you have nearsightedness within these ranges, EVO Visian ICL surgery may improve your distance vision without eyeglasses or contact lenses. Because the EVO Visian ICL corrects for distance vision, it does not eliminate the need for reading glasses, you may require them at some point, even if you have never worn them before.

Implantation of the EVO Visian ICL is a surgical procedure, and as such, carries potentially serious risks. Please discuss the risks with your eye care professional. Complications, although rare, may include need for additional surgical procedures, inflammation, loss of cells from the back surface of the cornea, increase in eye pressure, and cataracts.

You should NOT have EVO Visian ICL surgery if:

  • Your doctor determines that the shape of your eye is not an appropriate fit for the EVO Visian ICL
  • You are pregnant or nursing
  • You have moderate to severe damage to the optic nerve caused by increased pressure (glaucoma)
  • You do not meet the minimum endothelial cell density for your age at the time of implantation as determined by your eye doctor
  • Your vision is not stable as determined by your eye doctor

Before considering EVO Visian ICL surgery you should have a complete eye examination and talk with your eye care professional about EVO Visian ICL surgery, especially the potential benefits, risks, and complications. You should discuss the time needed for healing after surgery. For additional information with potential benefits, risks and complications please visit DiscoverICL.com.

References

References

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²Sanders D. Vukich JA. Comparison of implantable collamer lens (ICL) and laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for Low Myopia. Cornea. 2006 Dec; 25(10):1139-46.

³Naves, J.S. Carracedo, G. Cacho-Babillo, I. Diadenosine Nucleotid Measurements as Dry-Eye Score in Patients After LASIK and ICL Surgery. Presented at American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) 2012.

⁴Shoja, MR. Besharati, MR. Dry eye after LASIK for myopia: Incidence and risk factors. European Journal of Ophthalmology. 2007; 17(1): pp. 1-6.

5aLee, Jae Bum et al. Comparison of tear secretion and tear film instability after photorefractive keratectomy and laser in situ keratomileusis. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery , Volume 26 , Issue 9 , 1326 - 1331.

5bParkhurst, G. Psolka, M. Kezirian, G. Phakic intraocular lens implantantion in United States military warfighters: A retrospective analysis of early clinical outcomes of the Visian ICL. J Refract Surg. 2011;27(7):473-481.

⁶Martínez-Plaza E, López-Miguel A, López-de la Rosa A, et al. Effect of the EVO+ Visian Phakic Implantable Collamer Lens on Visual Performance and Quality of Vision and Life, Am J Ophthalmol 2021;226:117-125.

⁷Packer M. Evaluation of the EVO/EVO+ Sphere and Toric Visian ICL: Six month results from the United States Food and Drug Administration clinical trial. Clinical Ophthalmology. 2022;16:1541-53.

⁸Parkhurst GD. A prospective comparison of phakic collamer lenses and wavefront-optimized laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis for correction of myopia. Clin Ophthalmol. 2016;10:1209-1215.

⁹Ganesh S, Brar S, Pawar A. Matched population comparison of visual outcomes and patient satisfaction between 3 modalities for the correction of low to moderate myopic astigmatism. Clin Ophthalmol. 2017;11:1253-1263.

*American Refractive Surgery Council

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