POWER OF ATTORNEY

       Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Samuel J. Gesten and Stephen Brown, signing singly, as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to do any or all of the
following:

(a)     execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
        capacity as an officer or director of STAAR Surgical Company (the
         "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of
        the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(b)     do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
        undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and
        execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any
        amendment or amendments thereto, and file such form with the
        United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
        exchange or similar authority; and

(c)     take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
        the foregoing which, in the opinion of the attorney-in-fact, may
        be of benefit to, in the interest of, or legally required by, the
        undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by
        such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
        this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain
        such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
        such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

       The undersigned hereby grants to each attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or
such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 (or such forms as
may in the future be substituted therefore under Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act) with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions
in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned
in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 10th day September, 2014.

/s/Louis Silverman
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Signature

Louis Silverman