""I just wanted to be able to wake up and be able to see my alarm clock without squinting or putting on my glasses," Merritt said."

"Merritt was too nearsighted for Lasik surgery. So, Dr. Richard Fichman, an ophthalmologist, offered her the latest type of lens that's implanted inside the eye."

""People refer to this as the intra-occular contact lens. It's like putting a contact lens inside your eye permanently," Fichman said."

"The product, called the Visian lens, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration last year. It's the second implanted lens that's available just for correcting
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