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Is it okay to wear prescription sunglasses over contacts?
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Yes: But should not be necessary if the lenses are made correctly.
Answered 8/27/2016
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Not really: If you have contacts on and add prescription sunglasses from the same prescription, you'll be doubling the power of the correction and likely be very blurry.
Answered 4/28/2016
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Yes....but...: Why would you need to! if the contacts are the right power, you should not need glasses. Unless you have a very high prescription that contacts cannot correct.
Answered 11/5/2012
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