Fix your presbyopia and live glasses-free
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What is Presbyopia?
Presbyopia is a visual disorder and is a normal ageing process of the eye that becomes apparent when the eye has difficulty focusing on reading or performing close-up work. This phenomenon generally affects people over 45 years of age. It occurs in addition to other pre-existing visual disorders such as myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism.
Presbyopia stems from the gradual thickening and loss of flexibility of the natural lens inside your eye. It also grows, which decreases the contraction and relaxation of the muscles involved.
Presbyopia is diagnosed easily by a basic eye exam, which includes a refraction assessment and an eye health exam.
A refraction assessment determines if you have nearsightedness, farsightedness or presbyopia. The optometrist may use various instruments and ask you to look through different lenses to test your distance and close-up vision. The optometrist likely will put drops in your eyes to dilate your pupils for the eye health exam. This will enable the optometrist to more easily view the inside of your eyes.
Treatment of Presbyopia
We are experts in the treatment of presbyopia.
Come to our clinic to benefit from highly specialized techniques that can correct your presbyopia in a complete and lasting way.
We can treat your presbyopia regardless of its severity. Unlike other visual defects, presbyopia reaches the same degree for all individuals. We can, therefore, anticipate the right level of care to treat your presbyopia. The result of the operation is lasting; no further operations are necessary.
Several methods can correct presbyopia along with other visual defects in a single procedure. For example:
- Presbyopia alone
- Presbyopia + myopia (including very severe cases)
- Presbyopia + myopia + astigmatism (including very severe cases)
- Presbyopia + astigmatism
- Presbyopia + hyperopia
- Presbyopia + hyperopia + astigmatism
During your consultation, we will evaluate the best solution for you and guide you through the process.
Presbyopia laser correction
Depending on the results of your initial consultation, we may propose treating your presbyopia with PRESBYOND.
PRESBYOND is the latest generation of presbyopia-treatment software. It allows us to increase your depth of field, according to your age and any other visual defects (myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism).
This method is renowned for its very low risk of complications and preserves your distance vision and quality of vision at night.
PRESBYOND involves the use of the all-laser LASIK technique, which combines the use of two ultra-precise lasers:
- The Femtosecond Visumax Laser
- The Excimer Mel 90 ZEISS Laser
Presbyopia correction with intraocular lens replacement
Depending on the results of our consultation, we may also suggest treating your presbyopia with PRELEX. The name comes from presbyopic lens exchange, which means we remove your natural lens and replace it with a multifocal lens, correcting all-optical faults.
This treatment is definitive! It has been in existence for over 20 years and performs as well as those practiced by laser centers, with more durable results in some cases. The aim of the procedure is to recover the close-range view while maintaining or correcting long-distance vision. Thanks to the PRELEX treatment, you can drive, do gardening, read or play sports freely.
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20 years’ experience and 20000 successful vision correction treatments
With over 20 years of experience performing more than 20000 successful eye procedures, and a repertoire of academic publications and research, Dr. David Donate has earned himself an international reputation.
At his state-of-the-art clinic in Lyon, Dr. Donate follows a specialised method called, The Donate Method, to ensure his patients feel confident about their vision correction journey. Combined with the highest quality pre-op and post-op appointments, expert precision solutions and top technology, Dr. Donate is perfectly positioned to deliver the best possible outcome for his patients.
