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What can be done to make my eyesight better and not get worse?
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Live healthy!: Live a healthy life style and diet. Do not smoke. Wear corrective lenses and/or contacts as prescribed. Otherwise it is mostly genetics and out if your control.
Answered 8/25/2013
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