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Can refractive surgery improve my eye vision?
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Yes: Refractive surgery can generally give you the same vision you get with glasses or contact lenses. Uncommonly it can make it better than that.
Answered 1/24/2013
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Depends: If your vision can be improved with glasses, this is likely a good solution. However, visual losses due to disease, amblyopia, abnormality of the eye formation, etc. are conditions where refractive surgery would not help.
Answered 1/9/2018
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