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Are contacts or glasses better for your long-term vision? or are they the same?
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Equivalent: With good care neither pose a risk to the health of your eyes nor to your long term vision. The goal of each is clarity of vision and they are equivalent in that regard. It is a personal choice.
Answered 11/10/2014
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