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I have astigmatism on both eyes, with left eye a cylinder of 1.0 i am told there are no brands with 1.0 which makes it blurry. what can i do?

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0.75 OK: If you are referring to contact lenses, then one with a cylinder of 0.75 would be fine. The number does not have to be exact, and the contact lens itself will mask the final 0.25.

Answered 8/28/2015

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