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Find Out If You’re a Candidate for Refractive Lens Exchange in Kansas City Before Year’s End

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Over 45 and Tired of Readers? Vision Changes and Year-End Health Benefits Make This a Good Time To Explore Options

You’re out to dinner on a Friday evening, looking to enjoy a meal while catching up with friends. The group starts chatting about what they’ll order, and you pick up a menu as well. However, before you read, you make a slight change that’s relatively new to you. You hold the menu further away from your eyes to focus.

Or, you get a text about what time to pick up your kids from practice, and find yourself chuckling as you increase the font size on the display. You think to yourself, aren’t I too young for this? Am I one step away from the giant text messages I see on my father-in-law’s phone?

If you’re in your mid-40s or beyond, and you find yourself making adjustments to see up close or you’ve frequented the rotating rack of reading glasses in your local pharmacy, you may be experiencing a vision challenge that comes with age.

It’s called presbyopia.

Presbyopia Is the Cause. RLE in Kansas City Is the Solution.

Presby, from the Greek, relates to “elder.” Opia refers to vision. Yes, your vision is in its elder era. But it’s a completely normal part of aging. (Elder vision also sounds kind of distinguished, doesn’t it?)

Presbyopia is the age-related decline in near vision that happens as your natural lens becomes less flexible. Holding reading material far away, making settings adjustments on your phone, or keeping reading glasses in every room are temporary ways to resolve the symptoms of presbyopia.

But these fixes aren’t your only option. And the final months of the year could be the best time to find a new solution. If you’ve been noticing vision changes, refractive lens exchange at Kansas City’s Durrie Vision can help address presbyopia along with nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism.

Pair your interest in RLE eye surgery with end-of-year FSA and HSA funds, and a great end to the year could come into focus for you.

Find Out If You’re a Candidate for Refractive Lens Exchange in Kansas City

Although some people in their 40s may still be candidates for LASIK, Durrie Vision generally evaluates candidates in their mid-40s and older to determine whether RLE is the right solution for their eyes.

When you visit Durrie Vision for a free consultation and eye exam, share the vision changes you’ve noticed recently. Our patients come to us looking for a long-term alternative to readers, bifocals, and contacts. Others are interested because replacing the natural lens eliminates the possibility of developing a cataract in that lens later in life and removes the need for future cataract surgery on that lens.

However, Kansas City RLE candidacy can’t be determined by symptoms alone. Durrie Vision begins with an Advanced Ocular Analysis (AOA) to understand your eye health. This allows us to make an informed recommendation, as vision correction is never a one-size-fits-all procedure.

Discuss Lens Options at Your Free Consultation

At your free consultation and AOA exam, you can also learn about lens options that are available to you, depending on our recommendations and your vision goals.

Durrie Vision offers several types of advanced intraocular lenses (IOLs), including:

  • Monofocal for single-distance vision.
  • Multifocal for vision at multiple distances.
  • Toric to correct astigmatism.
  • Light Adjustable Lenses™, which can be fine-tuned with UV light.

But you don’t need to come to your free consultation knowing what kind of lens you want. We take the time to thoroughly understand your eyes and vision health, learn about your priorities, and recommend the best procedure, whether that’s refractive lens exchange in Kansas City or another vision correction solution.

See How You Can Make RLE Eye Surgery Affordable With These Tips

For many patients, RLE has been on their minds for a while, but the final months of this year present a fresh opportunity to take a closer look.

FSAs and HSAs can be used toward RLE in Kansas City, giving you the opportunity to use tax-advantaged dollars toward your procedure. For many employees with an FSA, unused funds may need to be spent by year-end depending on the plan, making October, November, and December a good time to schedule your consultation.

You can also ask Durrie Vision about other ways to make your procedure easier to budget for, such as:

  • 0% interest financing over 24 months for approved applicants.
  • FSA and HSA funds that may be used toward financing payments.
  • Special promotions that may be available during the year.
  • Discounts for qualifying military members, first responders, and others.

We give you the details you need to determine how RLE fits into your budget, so you can make your decision based on clear information.

Get a New Outlook, Starting With a Free Refractive Lens Exchange Consultation

If you’ve spent too long trying to adjust to your vision changes without a long-term solution, you now know that there’s a way to address your vision challenges with help from the experts at Durrie Vision.

A free consultation gives you the opportunity to learn whether you’re a candidate for refractive lens exchange in Kansas City, explore lens options that fit our recommendations and your goals, and discuss financing, FSA, and HSA options.

And it can all happen before the new year.

Schedule your free consultation today.