Phakic intraocular lenses (phakic IOL) or commonly known as implantable contact lenses are lenses that are implanted into the eye so that they could work with the crystalline lens to correct myopia or farsightedness – a state where the person involved could not see far distance object clearly. Implantable contact lenses can correct a wider range of myopia compares to a laser refractive procedure. And this is the reason why it is more preferred nowadays compares to the latter.
Unlike an intraocular lens which will replace the eye’s natural lens completely, an implantable contact lens is an additional lens that placed into the eye to work together with the eye’s natural lens.
