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My contact lens prescription is the same in both eye, is that common?

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It is: It is more usual for the two eyes to have similar prescriptions than to have wildly varying ones. There is often a small variability between the two eyes, but they can be remarkably similar.

Dr Pizzo agreed

Answered 4/10/2014

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