An intraocular lens, the intraocular lens comprising: an optic for improving image quality in use, of an image produced by light incident on the patient's eye at an oblique angle with respect to the optical axis and focused at a peripheral retinal location disposed at a distance from the fovea, wherein the optic comprises: a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface and the second surface intersected by an optical axis, wherein the optic is symmetric about the optical axis, and wherein the first and the second surface of the optic are aspheric; and a redirection element configured to redirect incident light along a deflected optical axis which intersects a retina of a user at a preferred retinal locus, the redirection element comprising a surface with a slope profile that is configured to: redirect incident light along the deflected optical axis; focus the incident light at the preferred retinal locus; and reduce optical wavefront errors, wherein the slope profile is tailored to redirect and focus the incoming rays on the preferred retinal locus, and wherein the oblique angle is between about 1 degree and about 25 degrees, characterized in that: a surface sag z of the first and the second surface are defined by an equation z = cr 2 1 + 1 − 1 + k c 2 r 2 + ∑ i = 1 6 α i r 2 i, wherein k is a conic constant and wherein the first surface has a conic constant between 10 and 1000 and the second surface has a conic constant between 0 and 10, α 1, α 2, α 3, α 4, α 5 and α 6 are aspheric coefficients, wherein c is a curvature of the surface, and r is a radial distance from the optical axis, wherein the radius of curvature of the first and second surface has a value between about-4mm and flat, wherein the image quality is improved by reducing oblique astigmatism at the peripheral retinal location. an optic for improving image quality in use, of an image produced by light incident on the patient's eye at an oblique angle with respect to the optical axis and focused at a peripheral retinal location disposed at a distance from the fovea, wherein the optic comprises: a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface and the second surface intersected by an optical axis, wherein the optic is symmetric about the optical axis, and wherein the first and the second surface of the optic are aspheric; and a redirection element configured to redirect incident light along a deflected optical axis which intersects a retina of a user at a preferred retinal locus, the redirection element comprising a surface with a slope profile that is configured to: redirect incident light along the deflected optical axis; focus the incident light at the preferred retinal locus; and reduce optical wavefront errors, wherein the slope profile is tailored to redirect and focus the incoming rays on the preferred retinal locus, and wherein the oblique angle is between about 1 degree and about 25 degrees, characterized in that: a surface sag z of the first and the second surface are defined by an equation z = cr 2 1 + 1 − 1 + k c 2 r 2 + ∑ i = 1 6 α i r 2 i, wherein k is a conic constant and wherein the first surface has a conic constant between 10 and 1000 and the second surface has a conic constant between 0 and 10, α 1, α 2, α 3, α 4, α 5 and α 6 are aspheric coefficients, wherein c is a curvature of the surface, and r is a radial distance from the optical axis, wherein the radius of curvature of the first and second surface has a value between about-4mm and flat, wherein the image quality is improved by reducing oblique astigmatism at the peripheral retinal location. redirect incident light along the deflected optical axis; focus the incident light at the preferred retinal locus; and reduce optical wavefront errors, wherein the slope profile is tailored to redirect and focus the incoming rays on the preferred retinal locus, and wherein the oblique angle is between about 1 degree and about 25 degrees, characterized in that: a surface sag z of the first and the second surface are defined by an equation z = cr 2 1 + 1 − 1 + k c 2 r 2 + ∑ i = 1 6 α i r 2 i, wherein k is a conic constant and wherein the first surface has a conic constant between 10 and 1000 and the second surface has a conic constant between 0 and 10, α 1, α 2, α 3, α 4, α 5 and α 6 are aspheric coefficients, wherein c is a curvature of the surface, and r is a radial distance from the optical axis, wherein the radius of curvature of the first and second surface has a value between about-4mm and flat, wherein the image quality is improved by reducing oblique astigmatism at the peripheral retinal location. a surface sag z of the first and the second surface are defined by an equation z = cr 2 1 + 1 − 1 + k c 2 r 2 + ∑ i = 1 6 α i r 2 i, wherein k is a conic constant and wherein the first surface has a conic constant between 10 and 1000 and the second surface has a conic constant between 0 and 10, α 1, α 2, α 3, α 4, α 5 and α 6 are aspheric coefficients, wherein c is a curvature of the surface, and r is a radial distance from the optical axis, wherein the radius of curvature of the first and second surface has a value between about-4mm and flat, wherein the image quality is improved by reducing oblique astigmatism at the peripheral retinal location.