Cataract Surgery is the commonest eye surgery performed at Eye Solutions. It is done without anesthesia and only drops are used to make you comfortable.
SO IS THE CATARACT SURGERY PAINFUL?
A short answer to this question is no. However, let me explain.
When we do the surgery, we have to insert a particular instrument in your eye to keep it open. That way, even if you want to shut your eye, you cannot. Because of the medications we have put in your eye, you don't feel any pain when placing this instrument. The incision and the next few steps of surgery also are painless.
You don't feel pain during surgery, but you may feel a certain heaviness in the eyes. Patients also describe this heaviness as a feeling of slight pressure in the eyes, which may happen when we inject a particular jelly in the eye to keep the eye formed and prevent it from going soft.
The iris is the brown or black portion of our eyes. Usually, the iris is not touched during surgery. But if the iris is touched during surgery, there can be pain in the eye. This pain, if at all, lasts only for a few seconds.
Finally, as mentioned earlier, the last step in the cataract surgery procedure is inserting the lens inside the eye. This lens is your lens of choice, and you and your eye doctor would have decided on the lens before surgery. This time too, the patient may feel a sensation of pressure in the eye. This time too, the pain lasts for only a few seconds, and before you know it, the feeling of pressure or heaviness would disappear.
So yes, you will be aware that something is going on. You may experience us moving your eye about. But there is no actual pain during the surgery. As mentioned, a few instances may occur but nothing to write home about.