POWER OF ATTORNEY

        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Deborah Andrews and Charles Kaufman, 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)     execute and submit for and on behalf of the undersigned a Form ID of the
Securities and Exchange Commission to obtain personal code numbers for
the mandatory electronic filing of reports;

(c)     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 or Form ID, 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

(d)     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 25th day of June, 2007.

                                /s/ Robin Hughes
                                  Signature
                                Robin Hughes