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I am 16 years old and i wear spectacles of - 4.5, how to improve my eyesight?
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You are a good: Candidate for lasik surgery
Answered 4/9/2016
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No easy fixes: There are no diets, eye exercises, or whatever else you may have heard that will fix this. It is how your genetic makeup designed your eyes. Get glasses that straighten out what your genes gave you or have laser surgery.
Answered 4/19/2016
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