Why RLE can be a better option

RLE is the exact same procedure as cataract surgery it is just performed prior to the lens being fully matured into a cataract. Because the cataract is still considered mild, medical insurance doesn't deem it as necessary for removal. Patients may not be horribly inconvenienced by the mild lens changes, but patients with mild cataracts are no longer a candidate for LASIK. LASIK unfortunately can not resolve the issues that cataracts will eventually cause. Choosing to have RLE with an advanced lifestyle IOL can correct your distance, intermediate, and near vision. Possibly and likely alleviating the need for glasses and contacts all together. The same lens options are available to RLE & cataract patients.

RLE may also be performed in patients who are extremely nearsighted making them ineligible for LASIK.

Refractive Lens Exchange is a better option for vision correction in those who have lens issues such as Presbyopia, Cataracts or extreme amounts of Myopia, Hyperopia, or Astigmatism. LASIK would require the removal of too much tissue from the surface of your eye in order to achieve ideal results. Everyone will eventually develop cataracts on the inside of the eye with enough birthdays, even if LASIK was performed at some point on the outside of the eye. 

You will never develop a cataract after RLE.  Stahl Vision and the Eye Laser & Surgery Center are Dayton's most experienced healthcare centers for Refractive Lens Exchange.