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My contact lens prescription is significantly different from my glasses prescription. is this normal?

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Yes: It is due to a differing vertex distance or where the corrective lens is placed in relationship to the corneal surface - this is normal.

Answered 7/5/2012

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Dr. Stephen Hamilton answered

Specializes in Ophthalmology

A small difference : Is normal. A significant difference would be unusual but it could just be the way it is written in a different format.

Answered 7/5/2012

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