Brusco Vision, the practice of LASIK surgeon Michael Brusco, MD, FACS, located in Falls Church, Virginia, has published a new patient-education article addressing one of the most frequently asked questions about EVO ICL: whether the procedure can be reversed. The article, titled "Is EVO ICL Reversible If I'm Not Satisfied with the Results?," explains how the Collamer-based intraocular lens differs structurally from corneal laser procedures such as LASIK and PRK. The piece serves patients across Falls Church, Washington, D.C., and the broader Northern Virginia and DMV region who are researching EVO ICL alongside other vision correction options.
The article details that EVO ICL is a fully reversible vision correction procedure in which the Collamer lens can be surgically removed and the eye returned to its pre-operative refractive state. Unlike LASIK and PRK, which reshape the cornea by removing tissue that cannot be restored, EVO ICL adds a removable lens inside the eye without altering corneal tissue. As of 2026, the article notes, EVO ICL remains the only widely available refractive procedure that is fully reversible. Brusco Vision offers EVO ICL alongside SBK LASIK, ASA PRK, SMILE, refractive cataract surgery, and Custom Lens Replacement at its in-house surgery center in Falls Church, with the full procedure menu available to patients throughout Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia.
The article also reports that ICL explantation rates remain below 1% over five to ten years, citing refractive surgery literature, and that STAAR Surgical clinical data places EVO ICL patient satisfaction above 99% as of 2026. When warranted, EVO ICL removal is performed as an outpatient procedure under topical anesthesia in approximately 15 minutes per eye, through the same micro-incision used during implantation, with the incision typically healing within days without sutures. The article notes that the Collamer lens has no mandatory removal timeline and that the most common planned removal occurs decades later, when cataract surgery replaces the ICL with an intraocular lens. If a patient's prescription changes significantly after implantation, the existing lens can be exchanged for a new Collamer lens sized to the updated correction, following the same outpatient process as the original procedure. Because EVO ICL leaves the cornea unaltered, future correction options including LASIK candidacy evaluation and refractive cataract surgery remain available to EVO ICL patients in Northern Virginia who later pursue additional treatment.
"I chose EVO ICL for my own vision correction in 2014, and reversibility was a meaningful factor in that decision," said Dr. Michael Brusco, MD, FACS, board-certified ophthalmologist and founder of Brusco Vision. "Across more than 6,000 lens-based procedures, I have followed patients through the full lifecycle of the Collamer lens, including implantation, long-term monitoring, and explantation when clinically indicated. Patients researching vision correction in Northern Virginia benefit from understanding how each of the six procedures we offer behaves over decades, not just on the day of surgery." Dr. Brusco educated at Harvard College and Northwestern University and currently serves as Assistant Professor in the George Washington University Department of Ophthalmology. He has performed more than 45,000 corneal-based vision correction procedures and, in recent years, close to 1% of all LASIK procedures performed in the United States annually. He was awarded the STAAR Top 100 International Surgeon honor in multiple years and is a founding member of the World College of Refractive Surgery and Visual Sciences. Dr. Brusco previously served as a civilian staff ophthalmologist at Fort Riley through the Warfighter Refractive Eye Surgery Program.
Brusco Vision is located at 3120 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 100, Falls Church, Virginia 22042, and serves patients throughout Falls Church, Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia, and the broader DMV. The Falls Church location houses the practice's in-house surgery center, where Dr. Brusco personally performs every EVO ICL, LASIK, and lens-based procedure, providing clinical continuity for patients across the lens's full lifecycle. The Fairview Park Drive corridor sits along the Capital Beltway, making the practice accessible to patients commuting from across the DMV. Driving directions to the practice from the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area are available through Google Maps for patients traveling to Falls Church for consultation.
For more information about EVO ICL and the full range of vision correction procedures available at Brusco Vision in Falls Church, Virginia, the practice maintains a procedure library and educational article archive at bruscovision.com, and its Google Business Profile lists current location, hours, and patient reviews for patients across the DMV. Brusco Vision continues to publish patient-education content addressing common clinical questions about EVO ICL, LASIK, and other refractive options available to patients throughout Falls Church, Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia.
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Michael Brusco, MD
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Brusco Vision
3120 Fairview Park Dr Ste 100
Falls Church, VA 22042