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When does eyesight stabilize? or does it keep getting worse as you age?
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Eye sight change: Distance vision usually stabilizes around18-20. Near vision usually begins to change around40,and changes until around 55. Diseases of the eyes can create visual change at many different times
Answered 5/25/2015
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