Meet professional international footballer Lucy Bronze, MBE
Hi, I’m Lucy Bronze, MBE, winner of the Euros and 5 Champions League titles.
I’ve struggled with the hassles of playing football and living my life with glasses from a young age, and from my teenage years with the hassles of contact lenses. I have now achieved visual freedom with the EVO ICL.
Hi, I’m Lucy Bronze, MBE, winner of the Euros and 5 Champions League titles.
I’ve struggled with the hassles of playing football and living my life with glasses from a young age, and from my teenage years with the hassles of contact lenses. I have now achieved visual freedom with the EVO ICL.
What led me to EVO ICL
I’ve won the Euros and 5 champions leagues, but I always had that worry on the pitch that my contact lenses might fall out, and mid game, it actually happened.
Not to mention the tired, dry eyes, uncomfortable lens fits and daily hassles.
I realised I needed to tackle my vision.
I have often dreamed of getting my vision corrected so I no longer had to bother with glasses or contact lenses. Until I heard about EVO ICL I was not convinced I should take the plunge, as a professional footballer my vision is everything.
I looked at the options to correct my vision long term, and EVO ICL really stood out. The other procedures just didn’t look as good to me.
EVO is designed to be a permanent vision correction solution, so no daily maintenance or periodical replacement is required. One thing that appealed to me is that it’s a reversible lens implant, so if ever necessary, the lenses can be removed by my consultant.
Having that flexibility for the future provided me with the peace of mind I needed to make the decision. EVO is additive; it doesn’t remove any corneal tissue with lasers, so it’s in complete harmony with my natural eye – my eye is still the same, my eye.
Life Changing
Professional Footballer
Off the Pitch
I first discovered that I needed glasses when I was about 9 years old. I was often losing or breaking my glasses while playing football. When I became a teenager, I began wearing contact lenses for when I was playing sport. I had quite a few problems with contact lenses, including tired and dry eyes, as well as uncomfortable lens fits. I couldn’t wait to get home so I could finally take them out and rest my eyes.
My eyesight is everything to me, so I needed to feel the benefit was greater than any potential risk.
I wasn’t nervous about the EVO procedure, I was just excited, it was something that I’d wanted for so so long. The procedure was even better than I expected; it was pain free and super quick for me - it’s simple.
My recovery was unbelievable, I was back playing sports, training and playing football within 2-3 weeks.
Lucy Bronze has EVO ICL lenses and is sponsored by STAAR Surgical.
Questions With Lucy
What do you do for a living?
I am a professional footballer, playing league, European and international games.
How long have you had problems with your vision?
I first discovered that I needed glasses when I was about 9 years old. I was often losing or breaking my glasses while playing football. When I became a teenager I began wearing contact lenses for when I was playing sport, which also had their challenges and hassles.
What’s your biggest pain point about wearing contacts?
I had quite a few problems with contact lenses, as any contact lens wearer will tell you, after a few hours of wear you start to feel irritated with dry eyes, you’re rubbing your eyes, and waiting to get home so you can finally take your lenses out and put your glasses on for a moment. It’s like when you take your shoes off at home and get to put your feet up. That was that feeling of, “I get to take my lenses out finally”. Not to mention the worry that a lens might fall out during a game, which actually happened during a league game.
What about EVO ICL helped make your decision?
Aside from the sharp, clear vision you can get - EVO is designed to be a permanent vision correction solution, so no daily maintenance or periodical replacement is required. One thing that appealed to me is that it’s a reversable lens implant, so if ever necessary, the lenses can be removed by my consultant. Having that flexibility for the future provided me with the peace of mind I needed to make the decision. EVO is additive; it doesn’t remove any corneal tissue with lasers, so it’s in complete harmony with my natural eye – my eye is still the same, my eye.
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Belangrijke veiligheidsinformatie
De ICL is ontworpen om bijziendheid te corrigeren/verminderen bij patiënten van 21 tot 60 jaar oud tussen -0,5 D tot -20,0 D met of zonder astigmatisme tot 6,0 D en om verziendheid te corrigeren/verminderen bij patiënten van 21 tot 45 jaar oud met verziendheid tussen + 0,5 D en +16,0 D met of zonder astigmatisme tot een maximum van 6,0 D. Uw bijziendheid, verziendheid en astigmatisme moeten minimaal een jaar lang onveranderd zijn voordat u een oogoperatie ondergaat, zodat uw chirurg ervoor kan zorgen dat de voor u meest geschikte ICL wordt gebruikt. Uw zicht kan door een ICL-ingreep verbeteren zodat u geen bril of lenzen nodig heeft. De ICL-ingreep kan niet voorkomen dat u een leesbril nodig heeft, zelfs als u nooit eerder een leesbril heeft gebruikt. De ICL is een alternatief voor andere refractieve ingrepen, waaronder een laserbehandeling (LASIK, laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis), fotorefractieve keratectomie (PRK), chirurgische incisies of andere manieren om uw zicht te corrigeren, zoals met contactlenzen of een bril. Het implanteren van een ICL is een chirurgische procedure en brengt daarom potentieel ernstige risico's met zich mee. Gemelde potentiële complicaties/bijwerkingen die verband houden met algemene refractieve chirurgie: aanvullende ingrepen, cataractvorming, verlies van het best gecorrigeerde zicht, verhoogde druk in het oog, verlies van cellen van het binnenste oppervlak van het hoornvlies, conjunctivale irritatie, acute zwelling van het hoornvlies, aanhoudende zwelling van het hoornvlies, endoftalmitis (infectie van het volledige oog), lichtschitteringen en/of lichtkringen, hyfemie (bloed in het oog), hypopyon (pus in het oog), ooginfectie, dislocatie van de ICL, macula-oedeem, niet reagerende pupil, glaucoom door pupillaire blokkade, ernstige ontsteking van het oog, iritis, uveïtis, verlies van glasachtig lichaam en hoornvliestransplantatie. Voordat u een ICL-ingreep overweegt, moet u een volledig oogonderzoek laten uitvoeren en de ICL-ingreep met uw oogarts bespreken, met name de mogelijke voordelen, risico's en complicaties. Ook moet u bespreken hoe veel tijd er nodig is voor herstel na de operatie.
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Referenties
1Patient Survey, STAAR Surgical ICL Data Registry, 2018
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