top 18. Q: What about future eye surgery?
Advanced implantation techniques and the biocompatibility of the crystalens allow the body to treat the implant as a normal part of the eye. The implantable lens is encased in the original membrane that surrounded the crystalline lens. This membrane, called the capsular bag, traps and holds the crystalens in the correct anatomical position in the eye. Since the implant is fixed in the same position as the original lens, any future eye surgery that could be performed in or around the normal eye can be performed in an eye with the crystalens. Botox treatments, plastic surgery, pterygium removal, and other cosmetic procedures should not be performed until your eye is well healed. Typically, this is around 3 months, but your doctor will advise you when it will be safe to undergo these procedures.
