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My eyesight is -5.5 d. i am wearing spectales from age of12 years. now. i am 18. in starting my number was -2d. why it is increasing?
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Normal: This is the normal progression of myopia. There is no link to wearing or not wearing glasses, it just progresses regardless, but eventual will stop or slow down.
Answered 3/26/2013
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