Adjustment FAQ's

Patient FAQ's

Continue taking your postoperative drops as indicated by your surgeon or co-managing doctor and continue wearing your RxSight UV protective glasses while indoors and especially outdoors. Also, think about the visual tasks where you spend most of your time each day and complete the Vision Customization form to share this information with your VisionLOCK Adjustment Doctor. This will help your VisionLOCK Doctor guide you to your best target for each eye.
Having your vision customized is the key feature of this amazing lens. Depending on your visual goals, your depth of focus for reading may be enhanced or you may decide to have the clearest distance vision possible. A variety of focal lengths can be tested during your adjustment period to allow you to experience how you function in the real world before your final vision is locked-in. The best way to help your VisionLOCK Doctor determine where to start is to complete your Vision Customization form.
In some cases, there may be a visit where no light treatment is administered. The most common reasons why this might happen are either because of dryness on the surface of your eyes or post-surgical healing that is not fully complete. You can help avoid these situations by following your surgeon’s or co-managing doctor’s directions with your postoperative drops and using preservative-free dry eye tears/drops at least twice per day in preparation for your adjustments. Remember that even if there is no treatment, these visits provide valuable information that helps refine your vision for the best possible outcomes.
While the light treatment itself is not uncomfortable or painful, some patients find that the dilating and numbing drops can sting. Additionally, a small contact lens will be used to keep you from blinking; this may feel awkward.
Light treatment appointments generally take 90 minutes to two hours
In order for the light delivery to fully achieve the precise changes in your new lenses, your pupils must be sufficiently dilated. This may require more than one set of dilating drops to ensure you are ready for adjustment.
Each light treatment can be as short as 30 seconds and may be up to 2 minutes in length. These treatments can vary between appointments depending on the prescription change needed.
Your eyes will be fully dilated following your light treatments. Dilation can make your vision blurry and your eyes more sensitive to light. We strongly recommend having a driver or arranging for alternate transportation after your appointment.
Following your adjustment, it typically takes about 24-48 hours to see the improvement in your vision.
You are ready for lock-in when you are functioning well in your daily activities with clear, comfortable vision. Always remember, we are lowering your dependency on glasses, not completely eliminating. Additionally, your brain uses both eyes to see, so make sure you are not focusing on the small differences between your eyes but rather on how you are functioning as a whole with both eyes together.
You must wait a minimum of 3 days, but you and your doctor may wish to spread them further apart to enable you to “test drive” your vision longer.
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