Yes, there are a number of different options. Refractive lens exchange is a procedure similar to a cataract operation in which the lens of the eye is replaced with a customized lens to enhance vision without glasses or contact lenses. Patients that typically are good candidates for this procedure are those with high degrees of nearsightedness or farsightedness. The other procedure is a phakic implant known as the implantable contact lens. Unlike a refractive lens exchange, no tissue is removed, and the soft customized implant is inserted inside the eye between the crystalline lens and the iris. This implant can correct high degrees of nearsightedness and astigmatism.