I didn't make it clear. The laser was in the vision doctor's office and used to burn away the unwanted material behind the lens. My guess is that the procedure involved the use of multiple laser beams from different directions such that they all pinpoint focused on the garbage on the back side of the plastic lens. It was akin to playing packman. Even with the noise. I could see target cross hairs of thin red lines as they proceeded.
I have never worked around lasers.
In prep of the procedure, I sat in front of multiple machines that, again! guessing were locating and measuring the garbage locations in 3D. The garbage was from dead cells left over from the original lens implant procedure. No one told me then, that this would be the case.
Their offices are so full of nifty looking machines that it could easily be wondered if the entire thing was some sort of elaborate scam. But the results are real. There are two kinds of implants available. The standard ones are fixed focus. So you would need glasses for either distance or closeup after the procedure. Your choice. I had researched the available options and found that the state of the art at the time were implants that were made in such a way that they allowed the muscles that control your normal focusing to also change the shape of the plastic lenses. So they would auto focus just like or similar to you natural lenses. You are awake and looking out though the eye as it is worked on.
Between Medicare and some supplemental insurance plans most or maybe all of the cost for the fixed focus lenses can be covered. The, maybe outlandish, add on price for the state of the art lenses was over $8K which I paid. Old theory "buy once, cry once!" They warned that initially bright lights at night would have star burst patterns around them. Turns out true, but over time, goes mostly away. I no long notice it or have become totally accustomed to it. Over the next two years after getting both eyes done I started needing brighter & brighter light to see details. Some Google work turned up the clouding issue and that there was a fix.
The fix was covered by my insurance and appears to be a good one. The eye place said it was a one time happening and it would not reappear.
At this point I have excellent vision. The auto focus works great. Recommended. I'm 80 years old & long term diabetic. I've controlled my blood glucose levels well enough not to have neuropathy. My body does suffer form damage done when I was younger and felt bullet proof.
Sorry about the long post, but it may help some of you.
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