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Will years of wearing contact lenses make my eyesight worse?

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No effect: Contacts will neither improve the basic power of the eye nor make it worse. They are a useful optical aid but have no medical qualities. Enjoy your contacts.

Dr Fried and another doctor agreed

Answered 2/13/2015

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