POWER OF ATTORNEY 
                        OF OFFICERS AND/OR DIRECTORS OF
                            STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY

    The undersigned officer and/or director of Staar Surgical Company, a 
Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), which anticipates filing, with respect
to its fiscal year ending January 3, 1997, an Integrated Annual Report on Form 
10-K ("Report") with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., 
hereby constitutes and appoints John R. Wolf and William Huddleston and each of 
them, severally, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as 
attorneys or attorney to sign for the undersigned in any and all capacities such
Report, and any and all applications or other documents to be filed pertaining 
to such Report with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with full power 
and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required 
and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes 
as the undersigned could do if personally present.  The undersigned hereby 
ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of 
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
hereof.

EXECUTED this 26th day of March, 1997.


                                 /s/ Donald R. Sanders
                                 -------------------------------
                                 Donald R. Sanders

 
                              POWER OF ATTORNEY 
                        OF OFFICERS AND/OR DIRECTORS OF
                            STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY

    The undersigned officer and/or director of Staar Surgical Company, a 
Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), which anticipates filing, with respect
to its fiscal year ending January 3, 1997, an Integrated Annual Report on Form 
10-K ("Report") with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., 
hereby constitutes and appoints John R. Wolf and William Huddleston and each of 
them, severally, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as 
attorneys or attorney to sign for the undersigned in any and all capacities such
Report, and any and all applications or other documents to be filed pertaining 
to such Report with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with full power 
and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required 
and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes 
as the undersigned could do if personally present.  The undersigned hereby 
ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of 
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
hereof.

EXECUTED this 25th day of March, 1997.


                                 /s/ John R. Wolf
                                 -------------------------------
                                 John R. Wolf

 
                              POWER OF ATTORNEY 
                        OF OFFICERS AND/OR DIRECTORS OF
                            STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY

    The undersigned officer and/or director of Staar Surgical Company, a 
Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), which anticipates filing, with respect
to its fiscal year ending January 3, 1997, an Integrated Annual Report on Form 
10-K ("Report") with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., 
hereby constitutes and appoints John R. Wolf and William Huddleston and each of 
them, severally, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as 
attorneys or attorney to sign for the undersigned in any and all capacities such
Report, and any and all applications or other documents to be filed pertaining 
to such Report with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with full power 
and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required 
and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes 
as the undersigned could do if personally present.  The undersigned hereby 
ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of 
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
hereof.

EXECUTED this 26th day of March, 1997.


                                 /s/ Michael R. Deitz, M.D.
                                 -------------------------------
                                 Michael R. Deitz, M.D.

 
                              POWER OF ATTORNEY 
                        OF OFFICERS AND/OR DIRECTORS OF
                            STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY

    The undersigned officer and/or director of Staar Surgical Company, a 
Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), which anticipates filing, with respect
to its fiscal year ending January 3, 1997, an Integrated Annual Report on Form 
10-K ("Report") with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., 
hereby constitutes and appoints John R. Wolf and William Huddleston and each of 
them, severally, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as 
attorneys or attorney to sign for the undersigned in any and all capacities such
Report, and any and all applications or other documents to be filed pertaining 
to such Report with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with full power 
and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required 
and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes 
as the undersigned could do if personally present.  The undersigned hereby 
ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of 
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
hereof.

EXECUTED this 25th day of March, 1997.


                                 /s/ Andrew F. Pollet
                                 -------------------------------
                                 Andrew F. Pollet

 
                              POWER OF ATTORNEY 
                        OF OFFICERS AND/OR DIRECTORS OF
                            STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY

    The undersigned officer and/or director of Staar Surgical Company, a 
Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), which anticipates filing, with respect
to its fiscal year ending January 3, 1997, an Integrated Annual Report on Form 
10-K ("Report") with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., 
hereby constitutes and appoints John R. Wolf and William Huddleston and each of 
them, severally, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as 
attorneys or attorney to sign for the undersigned in any and all capacities such
Report, and any and all applications or other documents to be filed pertaining 
to such Report with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with full power 
and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required 
and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes 
as the undersigned could do if personally present.  The undersigned hereby 
ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of 
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
hereof.

EXECUTED this 26th day of March, 1997.


                                 /s/ Peter J. Utrata
                                 -------------------------------
                                 Peter J. Utrata, M.D.


 
                              POWER OF ATTORNEY 
                        OF OFFICERS AND/OR DIRECTORS OF
                            STAAR SURGICAL COMPANY

    The undersigned officer and/or director of Staar Surgical Company, a 
Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), which anticipates filing, with respect
to its fiscal year ending January 3, 1997, an Integrated Annual Report on Form 
10-K ("Report") with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., 
hereby constitutes and appoints John R. Wolf and William Huddleston and each of 
them, severally, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as 
attorneys or attorney to sign for the undersigned in any and all capacities such
Report, and any and all applications or other documents to be filed pertaining 
to such Report with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with full power 
and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required 
and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes 
as the undersigned could do if personally present.  The undersigned hereby 
ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of 
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
hereof.

EXECUTED this 25th day of March, 1997.


                                 /s/ William C. Huddleston
                                 -------------------------------
                                 William C. Huddleston