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A member asked:

I went to the eye doctor's and was prescribed with two different prescriptions: -5.5 and -6.5, one for studying, and other for home/out. is this okay?

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Sounds ok: you may need something like bifocals. one lens for near vision and one lens for far vision.

Dr Kuitems and another doctor agreed

Answered 7/16/2015

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