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ammandeep
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There's some debate over this, but I believe it's generally true that eyesight does not degrade due to contact lenses. The argument is that your eyes get lazy using them and thus sight can get worse. However, the strain of struggling to see without correction can cause blurred vision, headaches and more. Between the two, I think it's better to use the contacts and let your eys see they way they should.
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Not in my experience. I had a really bad stigmatism on my left eye, and went to the optometrist two weeks ago. She told me that my stigmatism has corrected. The downside is taht I have been wearing the strong perscription for almost three years now, so my eyes are used to it, and I tried the weaker one and ended up with really bad migraines all of last week. But in the long run I think they definitely help.
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I have been wearing contact lenses for 27 years. One year, my eyesight actually improved. My eye doctor said he has seen this with people who wear contact lenses primarily.
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I don't think my eyesight has worsened since wearing contact lenses. My eyesight hasn't always been good; wearing glasses since aged 4 but what I did notice, they did worsen during my first pregnancy! They've been stable the last few years though so I'm pleased that my prescription doesn't need changing too often!
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No, don't think so but apparently glasses worsen your eyesight over time.
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I started with -2 and my contacts are -2.25 and-3 now but maybe that would have happened anyway. I think the problem is that you get used to see well all the time with contacts and then it's difficult to go without them (for those who can). My prescription isn't so strong but I'm used to seeing 20/20 all the time and it makes it seem worse when I'm not wearing them. I try not to wear glasses if I'm not wearing my contacts but I don't like it!
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There is a lot of debate about that - whether the risk of hurting your cornea is that significant when wearing contact lenses. My eyesight has gotten worse with time, and when I switched from glasses to contacts, I think the degeneration has slowed, but definitely not improved.
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