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Can i get contacts for driving, even if i only have glasses for reading?
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Yes.: If you only have glasses for reading, you are likely presently not wearing glasses for distance. If you are asking about wearing contacts for distance then you must need a correction for distance that you are not wearing. You can either wear a progressive spectacle correction, contacts for distance and keep using your reading glasses, be fit with progressive contact lenses or monovision contacts.
Answered 7/8/2012
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