Your eyeglass prescription may change more frequently. You can very rarely see cataracts when you look in the mirror. Therefore, it is important to have your eyes checked at regular intervals. Your ophthalmologist can easily detect cataracts during a routine eye examination. Using special instruments, the doctor can also determine how far the cataract has advanced.
Cataract surgery is one of the most routine and successful surgical procedures.
To remove the cataract, the surgeon makes an incision in the front of the eye and inserts a tiny instrument into the eye. The smaller incisions used in the newer surgical techniques simplify the surgery and speed the recovery process. In one type of small-incision surgery, phacoemulsification is used. In this procedure, ultrasound breaks up the cloudy lens into minute fragments that are then gently suctioned out of the eye. The eye also heals faster.