Morning Star Loc: West coast, North of the 49th N.

Recently I had both my eyes operated on for cataract. The surgery itself was a cinch, healing went well.
I now have my new glasses as well, varying in strength from correction for reading and computer, to almost no correction for distance. Because of a special offer, I got a second pair of glasses for reading and computer, and just the other day discovered that they are not colour-less.
I was fixing a photo on the computer, and managed to get a finger-smudge on the lens. Took the glasses off to wipe clean, and that's when I realized that the whites on the computer screen were whiter and blues bluer than with the glasses on.
I believe it is the anti-reflective coating that does this.
Moving the glasses up and down in front of my face and looking through and then over them at the screen, makes the colour quite noticeable.
I haven't checked yet, to see if this actually makes a difference in say, adjusting the white-balance on a photo.
The funny thing is, that the "every distance" glassed with the Transitions coating does not have this colour difference, while the ones for reading/computer do.
Just thought I'd let everyone know, there are a number of us on the Hog that recently had cataract surgery, or will soon have it done. Something to discuss with your ophthalmologist or opticien.

krashdragon

My eye doc said just get some drugstore glasses for puter work. My eyes are fairly similar for prescription. He said what small dodferences , my eyes would correct. Similar to one contact for distance and one for closeup.

DaveMM Loc: Port Elizabeth, South Africa

The human eye/brain combination is a wonderful thing, which is why white looks white in daylight as well as in artificial light. It is also why you could correct colours and levels even when you had cataracts.

I had a pair of glasses with a significant brown tint and it did not make any difference except on a direct A/B comparison, i.e. glasses on vs. glasses off.

I don't expect that your glasses will make a bit of difference when you are wearing them all the time. Just don't try and go from glasses to no glasses quickly - that will only confuse your brain.

MtnMan Loc: ID

I was fortunately able to ditch the glasses for distance after surgery. I get reading glasses at the dollar store. They don't have coatings.

wmclark43 Loc: Fruitland, Utah

I had the same surgery but on one eye only. The eye with the replacement lens definitely produces a whiter white vs. the non-operated eye. As I write this I can look out the window at the white propane tank and it is definitely 'whiter' with the replacement lens eye. It has been 3 or more years since the surgery.

wmclark43 Loc: Fruitland, Utah

I should have added that I do not wear glasses except the Dollar Store cheaters for close work.

Violameister Loc: michigan

I play violin, and also use a computer a lot. Both did not work well with my progressive bifocals, so I had special fixed focus "computer and music" glasses. This worked perfectly. A few years ago I had to have my cataracts removed. When my ophthalmologist asked me if I wanted my post surgical correction to be for close or distance, I told him "neither". I want my focal point to be at 3.0 feet, ideal for computer and music. That was done, and the results have been much better than expected. I can read a news paper without glasses, and legally drive a car without glasses, as well as play music and work on the computer without glasses. I do still wear progressive bifocals to improve the distance and close sharpness, but am no longer totally dependent on them. I mention this for those UHHers who do a lot of computer work that this is another option for those getting cataract removal in the future, that is not usually mentioned in the pre operative counselling.

amyinsparta Loc: White county, TN

Actually, the colors have nothing to do with your glasses, but are a result of your new lenses giving you the vision that you had when you were young and had no cloudy cataracts. I had mine done a few years ago and was surprised at how colorful the world was once again!

revhen Loc: By the beautiful Hudson

Not my experience. After surgery yellow cast gone and everything brighter, clearer, more colorful (USA spelling!). Same colors with and without glasses. Could your be tinted?

Morning Star Loc: West coast, North of the 49th N.

I suspect the tinting is coming from the anti-glare coating.
It is something I will be asking the optometrist about as well.

Morning Star Loc: West coast, North of the 49th N.

Actually, in this case, the colours have everything to do with the glasses: When I have them on, there is a yellowish or beige cast on everything I look at, most noticeable on whites and blues - it looks like the coating on the glasses is giving me the same colours the cataracts did before the surgery.
The moment I take them off, the whites are white, the blues are blue. Something I will be discussing with the optometrist.

revhen Loc: By the beautiful Hudson

Absolutely! Why have a condition that cataract surgery corrects and then is re-introduced by glasses!!!!

ballsafire Loc: Lafayette, Louisiana

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Morning Star Loc: West coast, North of the 49th N.

amyinsparta wrote:




It really makes me wonder if messages posted on this forum are actually being read, or if guesses are made as to what OP said....
Yes, before the surgery everything had a yellowish cast, which I really noticed after the first eye was done and before the second eye was done. Having the second eye done was the equalizer, and looking at things without glasses, I very much enjoyed just looking at the colours.

However, I will repeat: the colours I see have everything to do with my glasses! When I have my glasses on, meaning that I look through the glasses, everything I look at has a yellowish cast, which is especially noticeable in whites and blues.
When I take my glasses off, meaning there is nothing between my eyes and the items I am looking at, the yellowish cast is gone and the colours are once again the way they used to be many, many moons ago.
Now tell me again that what I'm seeing through my glasses has nothing to do with those glasses.... actually don't, because you would be wrong!
Unfortunately, I need my glasses for reading and computer work and also still a minor correction for distance.

When we come back from our holidays I will be doing some testing to find out if seeing this yellowish cast will make a difference to colour-correction or white-balance tweaking of my photos. I won't have time before we go away now.

revhen Loc: By the beautiful Hudson

Again, colors were brighter, more true without a yellow cast after my operation. My glasses do NOT introduce a yellow cast. Why yours do is a mystery that must be solved.