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If you have eye problems and doesn't wear glasses or lens, will it cure overtime?

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Dr. David Boyer answered

Lens makes you see: Glasses are worn to correct vision for distance or reading. Reading glasses are a normal need as we get older. Glasses do not cure diseases.

Dr Fowler agreed

Answered 1/29/2017

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