Meet Personal Trainer & Online Fitness Coach, Kat

Hi, I'm Kat, a single mum, personal trainer, and online fitness coach. I'm also a bodybuilder for bikini fitness, and in 2021, I became a world champion.

Why Kat Chose the EVO Implantable Collamer Lens (EVO)

I was wearing glasses since I was 12, and then when I was about 19, I decided to get contact lenses. I couldn't see in the far distance. My prescription was really high. When I took my glasses off, I would just see a blur, which was really uncomfortable.

If I were to teach my insanity class where you do loads of burpees, my glasses would suddenly just fly off and I would just have to stop the session and say No one move and find my glasses. It was ridiculous.

With my bikini bodybuilding when I was practicing my posing, I usually wore my glasses but I actually never looked up because I didn't like the look of my face and if my coach wanted me to send a picture, I would have to take my glasses off because I didn't want him to see me in my glasses.

I didn't like myself in my glasses.

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I Just Feel So Much More Confident

I wanted to get rid of my glasses. One day I was talking to one of my clients, and they said, "A friend of mine had ICL surgery." I didn't know about ICL and then the surgeon explained to me what it is. Because of my age and my corneas are quite thin, they wouldn't recommend me laser surgery, they would recommend me ICL.

Since I had the ICL procedure, I can do so much more. This year, I had the best, best holiday with my boy because I didn't need glasses. I could jump in the pool with him, I can go into the sea, we were diving.

I just feel so much more confident.

I should have done it a long, long time ago because it was life changing.

Kat has EVO ICL lenses and is sponsored by STAAR Surgical.

Dôležité bezpečnostné informácie pre EVO/EVO+ ICL

EVO/EVO+ ICL je určený na korekciu/zníženie krátkozrakosti do -20 dioptrií (D) a astigmatizmu do 6 D pre pacientov vo veku 21 až 60 rokov, prípadne pre pacientov starších než 21 rokov, ktorí boli už liečení vnútroočnou šošovkou. Implantácia EVO/EVO+ ICL je chirurgický zákrok, a preto so sebou nesie určité riziká. Medzi potenciálne komplikácie/podujatia patria: ďalšie operácie, vznik katarakty, prechodná alebo trvalá strata najlepšej upravenej ostrosti zraku, zvýšený vnútroočný tlak, strata buniek na najvnútornejšom povrchu rohovky, podráždenie spojivky, opuch rohovky, infekcia oka, dislokácie EVO/EVO+ ICL, makulárny edém, nereagujúca zrenička, pupilárny blok, glaukóm, závažný zápal oka, iritída, uveitída, strata sklovca a transplantácia rohovky. Pred zvažovaním zákroku EVO/EVO+ ICL absolvujte kompletné očné vyšetrenie a porozprávajte sa s očným špecialistom o priebehu, zahrňujúc potenciálne prínosy, riziká a možné komplikácie. Porozprávajte sa aj o čase potrebnom na hojenie po zákroku.

References

Referencie

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