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Karen's EVO ICL experience at Eye Specialists & Surgeons of Northern Virginia. After 35 years of wearing contacts and being told she was not a LASIK candidate due to her high prescription of approximately negative 9, Karen finally found a vision correction solution that worked for her. One week post-surgery, she is driving down the highway reading every freeway sign clearly and seeing leaves on trees with a sharpness she has never experienced with contacts.
Karen had been wearing glasses since age 10 and contacts for 35 years. For decades, she assumed eye correction surgery was not an option for someone with her prescription. Then she heard about EVO ICL and came in for a consultation at ESSNV.
EVO ICL (Implantable Collamer Lens) by STAAR Surgical is a premium vision correction option specifically designed for patients with high prescriptions, thin corneas, or extreme astigmatism who are not candidates for LASIK. The lens is implanted into the eye in a quick procedure, does not touch the cornea, and is fully reversible.
The most memorable moment of Karen's surgery: walking out of the operating room and looking at the clock. In her words: "It was shocking to be able to see the time on the wall, and I will never forget that time. 9:12."
A week later, Karen is still adjusting to her new reality. Waking up and being able to see the room. Going to bed at night and seeing the bedroom clearly, something she has not been able to do in about 40 years. Driving down the highway and being stunned at the clarity of freeway signs and leaves on trees, the entire world around her in higher resolution than contacts ever delivered.
Her advice to anyone who has been told they are not a LASIK candidate: "Go ahead and at least get a consultation and see if you're a good candidate for it, because it's just been thrilling."
ESSNV is the DMV's premier EVO ICL provider, serving patients with high prescriptions across the Mid-Atlantic. Three NOVA Top Doctors 2026, Dr. John Josephson, Dr. Hubert Pham, and Dr. Meghan Moroux, lead the practice with advanced vision correction technology and personalized care.
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