Had crystalens surgery 3 years ago, 6 months later my distance vision was gone, a little over a year ago I contacted Bausch & Lomb, makers of the crystalens, with no avail, they said nothing wrong with crystalens, ever since then my eyes have been very sensitive to sunlight, this year it is difficult to be outdoors and even driving, I have to continuously close my eyes while I am driving and just out in sun for a short time, I am a very active person, driving everywhere, no sunglasses help, sometimes they make problem worse. Now I am scheduled to do the YAG procedure to help with scarring. Reading vision improved yay no reading classes woohoo lasted about 10 months back to using reading classes. $8000 lesson that I will pay to Care One for years. My saga continues! A month later he implanted the Crystalens and three days later I could read a book but my mid and distance vision were much worse than before (and still are). The visions in-between the far and mid, mid and close do not do well! I am 'WARNING' anyone that is considering this 'STOP' DO NOT have this procedure done! The Crystal Light class action claims that several flavors are part of the allegedly false marketing including: Strawberry Pure, Tropical Blend Pure, Grape Pure, WebPosted 4 years ago. I didn't want my husband to be mad if I had ruined my investment towards perfect vision by tanning in a tanning bed) . (We talk on the phone daily). After he put wrong lens in he did PRK and screwed that up. Yes, LASIK surgery does definitely cause dry eyes. I would rather cover my right eye and see out of my left eye because it is more comfortable. There should be a law against these optometristsmy dr. practice got a legal warning and fined for making promises and statements referring the Crystalens implant that are just not trueit's all about the money isnt it. Well, I found out that he didn't, because she became worried from too many folks having problems with their Crystalens. I have had 7 surgeries on it now and he does not want to touch it anymore. The last time I saw the doctor, he stated that, "I guess you are one of the fifteen percent for whom the Crystalens doesn't work." my vision is worse then before the lens placement. I can still read & see the pc fine, but all the clearness & sharpness I had for distance has not came back & now am noticing a flash of lights on the side, the right eye, of course. Note: If you need help accessing information in different file formats, see Im 70 years old and I couldn't be happier with the vision Crystalens has given back to me. Need 20 plus people with crystal lens implant issues for class action law suit if interested email [email protected]. Sheila. I hope they stop selling this crystalens they are not good. Just more expensive and appears to be taking advantage of people. Most people in this page complain about implants inserted via surgery; a class-action lawsuit requires a few more issues than 10 or 20 bad stories over the world; and it would also require deep investigations to proove that the problem comes from the implant, and that the doctor putting the implant in the eye did his job 100% perfectly. oh if anyone has restor please let me know how you like them! I went with this eye surgeon because of extensive advertising. Bausch and Lomb ended up getting a hold of a few other doctors to help fix the Z-Syndrome because the Dr. that put it in could not fix the lens, which took about another week of pain and not seeing. DON'T BUY THEIR PRODUCTS / NOT ANY OF THEM // NOT EVEN DROPS! Paid extra $4, 000 for crystalens above and beyond what insurance paid for standard cataract lenses so that i could see far, intermediate and near. Hell I could have saved $3000 and gone with the drops. I questioned the doctor quite extensively as to the lens as had a sister who's doctor strongly discouraged her on getting them. Accommodation is a JOKE. dc. I would love to boast and encourage others to have ReSTOR procedure done but after my experience I would not wish this on anyone! A new pair of reading glasses, and a pair that allows me to drive at night without glare interfering with my vision. I had Crystalens implanted in both eyes in 2012. The lawyers say I can not sue the doctor unless he made a mistake. Told that I would be able to see near far and in between (brochure claims the same thing). Very very very disappointed. Submit a complaint and get your issue resolved. argh. I feel so stupid to have paid $4000 out of pocket to have my vision ruined..I say we need a class action now! If they had not been accomodating and did not care that I couldn't complete the test, I may have not gotten the license. This time I used frames that I already owned, so they only charged me for the exam and the lenses. My intermediate vision now requires me to wear glasses for computer workbefore I did not need glasses to see a monitor. Clinical studies have shown that crystalens are not the reason Now, being told due to 'muscle accommodating need' that this particular lens wasn't a good idea for someone 65. So am I just to live my life as I go blind because of the horrible lenses that should NEVER have been put on the market????? PLEASE do not have this surgery unless you are very desperate--do your research on other lenses before you do this or get the standard lens and take your chances with having to wear glasses. The same result when the left eye was done on Sept. 25. With so many patients screwed by Crystalens, why hasn't a class-action lawsuit been filed yet? It cost me $10000 for both eyes cataract replacement. They didn't work. This company cannot continue to sell defective products and ignore the law. I just had both eyes down at age 31 didn't get the Crystal lens thank god. The doctor told me I was seeing well even after I complained during every visit. Yoyo. As far as halo's they improved some but they are still there sodium vapor lights (yellowish street lights) are bad as they were after the surgery! I wanted the new Restor multi focal he said they were crap and did this to me now night vision is bad the one they set closer blurs the one thats set far. I am 65 years old--I thought possibly 20 years of wonderful vision-- NO GLASSES (dark restaurants only--readers). It's like being inside a Christmas tree. I have an appointment this week to see what, if anything, can be done to resolve the situation. I needed reading glasses for just about everything close up. My eyes have adapted to the lens and Im able to focus, distant or near just like with my young eyes. Both eye's feel irritated with slight pain! By Consider The Consumer on 10/18/2018. WebThere should be a class action lawsuit against the Crystal lens company, they need to be held accountable. I went to an eye surgeon to discuss the different types of lenses, and listened to their recommendations for my position, being younger than most with cataracts. Had both eyes done in 2014. It felt like he pulled out the sliver that was stuck in my eye for several days, which was the pain I was feeling. AND they screw up in a couple yrs again??? His exact words were; I will have you reading a restaurant menu at arms length with minimal lighting. I will never be able to do the same kind of work I once did, and I am just grateful to be employed in a low paying entry lever cashier job at this time, and I am continuously concerned about being let go for my lack of vision at work. On Sept. 4, 2013 the exchange was done with a Alcon monofocal lens and within 8 hours she could see clearly and the light sensitivity was much improved. I have to spend a fortune on prescription pressure drops prescribed by a retinal Dr as well as dry eye drops. My distance has not really improved. What are they gonna do? I am so fed up with doctors his response to me was well lets try 2 diff types of glasses and if that doesn't work try a contact lens in one because I have a semi-dilated pupil now. This whole problem started after I had LASIK. Also, I want these replaced ASAP so I would love to know if anyone has done this and who they were able to get to preform the surgery.. My 81 y.o. I am beginning to agree with everyone else!. I asked what the side effects are and the doctor said none. 3rd time isn't likely to be any better? I've been beating myself up cause it was completely elective. Best advice; know your risk and really do your homework. Anyway, back to my Crystalens complaint. These lens had recalls as well, check FDA website..and yes Dr that was positioning them manually if put in wrong, they will never admit itmine tilted permanently..left eye has been in distrest for over 5 yrs nowsupposedly I went to the bestyes the best Dr in South Fla to rip you off, cost me 12, 000! I can not believe I am going to have to live with this the rest of my life! As far as halo's they improved some but they are still there no as vivid except for the sodium vapor lights (yellowish street lights) are still just as bad! When I asked about complications they said I shouldn't worry. So far, they are ignoring us. It is now three years later and my eye sight has never been worse. I had 5 more laser treatments. How do we launch a class action lawsuit? I'm in the same boat. I'm 5 years out from my cataract-lens implant surgery, and still struggle every day to see well. I have to wear glasses for any reading and computer work which is minimally 6 hrs a day. I wish I had never gotten these lenses. My right eye was extremely cloudy and had black floaters. Went with Crystalens AT-50AO with advise of Dr., as this would be best for my eyes, with the conditions he diagnosed, glaucoma, blephrospasm and chronic dry eye. Right eye was successful but nothing but problems with the left. I filled the prescription for about $130. What is with the brochures and professional comments "if you are hard to please the Crystalens may not be for you". The eye surgeon wants to put another in my right eye, but definitely won't! I will not go back to Dr. * in Charlotte! Totally disappointed. Hi Sue, I live in California and have Health Net Insurance, which is Medicare Advantage Program. The one doctor suggested crystalens. How can they say I have 20/20 vision??? One thing they don't warn you about it getting used to the vision difference in both the eyes. I hate them i'm thinking of having them removed. WebA New Jersey-based debt-collection business and its law firm have agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged they abused the New York City civil court system. Finally, he saw me there that evening, applied some drops on my eye and send me home without any improvement of my pain. Don't waste your money on these lenses. All I saw were posters of Florence Henderson advertising Crystalens in every room of the office. My other eye (which they said needed replacing the week after I got the Crystalens), because it too has a catarct, is starting to distort a lot. I think Bausch and Lomb should reimburse me for this disaster! Language Assistance Available: Espaol | | Ting Vit | | Tagalog | | | Kreyl Ayisyen | Franais | Polski | Portugus | Italiano | Deutsch | | | English, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 21 7.55. Everyone said it was not the lenses because they had never seen lenses cause this type of problem. Second did you ever find a lawyer for a class action suit because I will be glad to join in. Telephone: (212) 355-9500 . I had Crystalens implanted 1 1/2 years ago. I have to wear glasses and have halos, starbursts and blurred vision. I am pretty amazed this inferior and dangerous product is still on the market. I was never ever told the crystal lens cannot be removed after 1 month, even though I complained constantly. However I was able to read a novel three days after the surgery. I would not be able to drive with my new lens--without my Right Eye--whick the doctor told me was worse in vision than my Left eye--I cannot believe how stupid I was to do this. nf. Right off, due to Astigmatism and bad eye muscle tone in the past, I should have never been given an accommodating type IOL (Crystalens). Boy I am so furious, Bausch and Lomb make the Crystal lens, they are curious what went wrong? This Dr. That is what I heard from the "assistant". They put a plain lens in and because of damage from the previous Crystalens they had to use a ZAG laser on my eye to reduce the fogging left over. Charlotte NC October 2012. I never have had the halos, thank goodness. You may want to checkout the FDa recall website, there is a list of Crystallens, Bausch and lomb, the list are actual serial numbers that were defective, letters should have been sent to patients. I could only see the left side of the screen with both eyes. I had Crystalens implanted in both eyes 15 months ago. Left eye first, right second. After getting the first eye done I had 20x20 distance vision but very poor accommodation for close up reading. My distance vision is good. Wish I knew someone that could help me! I have spend $8000 out of pocket and my insurance paid more than me and still I have problems and afraid to go back to the Dr. Office and still have to buy those expensive eye drops. Don't understand how the test concludes that because I feel like I'm looking through vaseline. He has no bed side manner and acts as though he is insulted when I tell him my problems, he doesn't display any compassion *** he acts like it is something I'm just going to have to live with he already has my money! CrystaLens has ruined my eyes. We have laws to protect consumers. I am so miserable to be suddenly almost blind. Her vision degraded to 20/200. Is he kidding, I'm a friggin accountant, so what do I do? And the person who mentioned that sometimes the vision fluctuates from no vision to good vision if she moves her eyes aroundI can relate to that. Then I went to another opthalmologist who said he did not use the Bosch & Lomb lens. Nothing I can do about it now. Seriously ruined my life. 250 Hudson Street, 8th Floor New York, NY 10013-1413 . She was healthy and active before the surgery, a voracious reader and worked every crossword puzzle she could find. After visiting EIGHT eye doctors, including the best that Emory University has to offer four in Charlotte and the original surgeon, no one could explain [or would state] what was happening. He did a laser surgery that day and put it back in place. I am still paying for the lens! She suffered with poor vision at all distances and was so light sensitive that she had to sit in a dark room with sunglasses and could not go outside except on very cloudy days. Implant works for distance, ok midrange, forget close, a mono lense I was told from a second doctor would have worked just as well. There should be a class action lawsuit against the Crystal lens company, they need to be held accountable. Also, the advent of accommodative IOLs, mainly the Crystalens in the United States, introduced yet another possible scenario for explantation. Totally disappointed with the misrepresentation. I had the Crystal Lens put in during cataract removal about a year & a half ago. I have had laser correction once so far and it didn't help whatsoever, and now he says that he wants to see me in another year, and in the meantime told me to see my regular eye doctor and get some anti-glare glasses and buy some reading glasses. I had cataracts surgeries on Mar 2016 and Apr 2016 with rigth eye distance, left eye near multi focal Crestalens's. WebI just learned today while researching latest treatment options of the past recall and class action lawsuit regarding Crystalens IOL. When driving, cars actually appear closer on my sides then they actually are. Now the Dr. is telling me I can have surgery to make the left eye better to read or I can have a piggy back surgery in the right eye where they add a lense on top of the original! ( Id.) Facsimile: (212) 355-9592 . When you call you will select 3 twice. Multiple surgeries later and scar tissue forming has me rethinking my choice. WebIn general, prosecuting attorneys involved in class action lawsuits will receive payment for legal work upon conclusion of a victorious case.. 1 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly sold defective earplugs, but this only reimbursed the government.. A group of people that has suffered the same or similar injuries can collectively file one lawsuit Paid $6000 extra. I loved it when I could see good. For me, it did not work. He didn't find any macular impairment so I am hoping I will get that lazer treatment tomorrow. My advice is to choose some other than a Crystalens for the simple reason that if the doctor measures wrong or something else goes wrong, they are risky to explant. I'm considering getting this procedure done--even though my problem is only with near vision. There are some issues do deal with, glare is always a problem with implants so good polarized sunglasses are needed outside. Jackie, I had the crystalens done 3 years ago because I wanted something better for my eyes, 6 months after my distance vision was like it was before the crystalens, now 3 years later I cannot go out on a sunny day even with sunglasses, the sun bothers my eyes so bad I have to keep closing then, I am an active person, driving here and everywhere. Also he left me with an irregular astigmatism in my left eye. My depth perception is so bad that I have to be careful with everything I do. I would be interested in a class action lawsuit against Bausch & LombPissed! . Now I can't drive at night and it is difficult to work because of my vision. Cost is $2500 for two eyes. Glasses are a way of life after wearing contacts for years. My doctor put me in the 1% failure catagory to justify his greed. Also, eye technology is still growing, and a few mishaps may be a required step for research to go forward, and try to develop better products for the far future. When I went back to him for the YAG (I came early as my local optometrist recommended it and stated in my report so the clinic had called with an earlier date) and he was very condescending to me with the question "why are you are here". I flew to Oklahoma City from Denver to spend a month helping her and talking with specialists. I had paid out of pocket over $5000 for the crystal lens so I can see clearly on my right eye. The standard lens was implanted in my left eye, it works perfectly well, I started seeing 20/20 from day 2 of surgery. $15,000 epic failure for me. So I had to park them lower on my nose in order to see ahead. I use special drops in the morning and before bed. I too am at my wits end, I paid the extra out of pocket for this surgery and I'm very disappointed in the results. TO ALL OUT THERE! This was done by Dr Nichamin of Laurel Eye Clinic in Brookville Pa. The touch up as I later learned from another doctor only helps with distance. Now I wish I had left it alone and suffered through glasses and a weakened eye. I wanted to have it out, but they said, no, that wasn't possible, as I'd had YAG laser, in fact several times. I have now had several laser surgeries on it, thought he could fix my eye did make it to where I can see, but now I have to wear glasses full time because my Crystalens from Bausch and Lomb does not stay in place on its hinges, and still changes my site often . If I knew then what I know now. No luck in clearing up vision. A 45-year-old female patient was diagnosed with cataracts OU and underwent an uncomplicated cataract surgery OD with placement of a Crystalens. The plaintiffs also alleged that asymmetric vaulting, known as Z-Syndrome, is a post-operative complication unique to the Trulign and Crystalens lenses, that the I have just purchased a year and three months later to my replacement with the crystalens two new pairs of glasses. Then YAG for both eyes which accomplished nothing! I had a Crystalens implanted in 2010. Letters were supposed to be sent to patients that the lot may or were defective. WebJanssen Pharmaceuticals is facing lawsuits over the link between Elmiron (pentosan polysulfate sodium), a drug used to treat Interstitial Cystitis (also known as Painful I just want the problem fixed. Due to problems I was kept going to Dr. Office ,Dr. Said he needs to do mini laser correction right after hah two, left eye had one surgeries and was told to go back to Dr. Office with in a year unless I have problems worsen. I have done everything this Dr. told me to do, trust me I was excited to have the procedure and would have loved not having to go back to Dr. *! I feel like I was cheated and ripped off by a quack of a doctor, he had total disregard for end resultsseems like that the fad with them when it turns out badthey won't take responsibility..Anyone else on the class action lawsuit? (1) Severe astimatism isn't a good candidate, but that was overlooked. 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