A 37-year-old member asked:
would i see an optometrist or an opthalmologist in my situation? want to see if it's ok for me to get contacts?
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Dr. Matheson Harris answered
16 years experience Ophthalmology
Either: Both can help you with this. Optometrists tend to specialize more often in complex fitting of contact lenses, but some ophthalmologists also do this.
Answered on Jul 20, 2012
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