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Is it bad for your eyes when you make your vision go blurry?

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Dr. Richard Bensinger answered

Not: I assume you are talking about voluntary convergence in which the eyes move centrally and the focus diminishes. This gets tiring but is not harmful.

Answered 10/13/2012

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