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Can you get contact lenses just for reading?
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Yes but . .: If you need reading glasses only, then wearing standard contacts for near vision will blur you at distance. However contacts are available with bifocal elements to compensate for this and you can also ask your ophthalmologist about monovision.
Answered 8/4/2012
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