Do cataracts ever come back?

Once cataracts are surgically removed, thank goodness, they are gone forever; however, sometimes your eyes can play tricks on you. At the time of cataract surgery when the cloudy part of the lens is removed, a clear membrane remains behind the implanted lens. Forty percent or more of these membranes will cloud over in the first five years following surgery, causing limitation of vision similar to that caused by the original cataract. Do not confuse this with the cloudy lens that was the cataract.

Treatment of this cloudy membrane is a painless outpatient procedure, usually taking less than one minute to perform, and results in restoration of vision. Make VISION FITNESS part of your medical regimen.