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Do contact lences hide the fact you have a lazy eye?
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No: Contact lenses can improve the vision by providing the proper correction but if an eye is lazy (lowered vision termed amblyopia), then the lens can only improve it as much as possible but if the eye wants to drift out of position, it will despite the contact lens.
Answered 9/28/2016
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No: If you have a turned eye or crossed eye, a contact lens will not hide this.
Answered 10/3/2016
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