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Do people with blue eyes get more cataracts
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Dr. Ilan Cohen answered
25 years experience Ophthalmology
No: Eye color has no impact on cataract developement. Exposure to uv light, certain medications, trauma and diabetes are some of the things that are assoc ... Read More
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Dr. Revathi Naadimuthu answered
17 years experience Ophthalmology
No: There are many factors that go into developing cataracts, mainly family history and environmental factors like uv light and certain medications.
Dr. William Trattler answered
29 years experience LASIK Surgery
Cataracts: There is no difference in the risk of developing cataracts based on eye color.
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Dr. Brittany Chan answered
10 years experience Pediatrics
No.: The color of a parent's contacts does not, in any way, affect the eye color of their child. Inheritance of eye color is complex and determined by the ... Read More
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Dr. Prakash Bhoopalam answered
43 years experience Pediatrics
No: Wrariing blue contacts does not affect the babies eyes.
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No: Unfortunately you can get blue contacts, but they will need to be dark blue in order to cover your natureal dark brown eye color.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Tim Conrad answered
34 years experience Ophthalmology
No: There is no surgery to change eye color. You can get colored contact lenses that change the appearance of your eyes.
A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ari Weitzner answered
33 years experience Ophthalmology
You cant: ...Change your eye color except with contact lenses.
A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ari Weitzner answered
33 years experience Ophthalmology
Former: Most kids have bluish eyes that slowly darken with age.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Whitman answered
45 years experience Ophthalmology
No inherited: Color of your eyes is not directly passed down from your parents.
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Bryan Levey answered
27 years experience Pediatrics
Blue eyes are..: ..A recessive trait. In order for a child to have blue eyes, both parents need to carry the gene for blue eyes, which they might even if their eyes ar ... Read More
A 27-year-old member asked:
Dr. Glenn Skow answered
12 years experience Family Medicine
Not usually: Not necesarily. Typically it is more the light hair or fair skin people who tend to be more sensitive to sunlight.
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