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Medical Forum / General / Vision / December 2005What is the maximum myopia that contact lens can correct to 20/20 degree?
What is the maximum myopia that contact lens can correct to 20/20 degree? is it -3.0 or -3.5 or 4.0? Contact lenses can come in very high pescriptions, many companies make them in the -10 to -12 range and ive seen special orders even higher than this. Also keep in mind due to vertex distance, -12 contacts correct you as much as -15 glasses. 20/20 has to do with your optics. Some people arent correctable to 20/20, this is very common for higher myopes, especially with glasses which minify. I am a -5 and my glasses makes things smaller so I cant see 20/20 its too small to be readable. >What is the maximum myopia that contact lens can correct to 20/20 degree? > >is it -3.0 or -3.5 or 4.0? I believe it was Larry Bickford's turn to lock up last night. Larry? Did you leave the door open?? <g>  SignatureLive simply so that others may simply live > Larry? Did you leave the door open?? <g> Open just a crack, and only once every week or so. When the "killed" number is over 20% of the total posts, I simply mark them all "read" and go away. Just seems like there are more important things to do these days. See y'all later. Hope the fog lifts soon. LB, O.D> > What is the maximum myopia that contact lens can correct to 20/20 degree? > > is it -3.0 or -3.5 or 4.0? None of the above. If the eye is otherwise healthy, there is no theoretical maximum of myopia that cannot correct to AT LEAST 20/20 with contact lenses. w.stacy, o.d. > > What is the maximum myopia that contact lens can correct to 20/20 degree? > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > theoretical maximum of myopia that cannot correct to AT LEAST 20/20 with > contact lenses. I believe that I was once -12D. Of course, believe it or not, some people need contacts who aren't even myopic. Back when they did cataract surgery differently, some people needed major plus contacts. I think that it was way more than 12D. SignatureDan Abel dabel@sonic.net Petaluma, California, USA "None of the above. If the eye is otherwise healthy, there is no theoretical maximum of myopia that cannot correct to AT LEAST 20/20 with contact lenses." Thats true, but very large amouts of myopia is not normal and often pathalogical so alot of very high myopes never get 20/20, especially not with minifying glasses. Still contacts will make one big, big difference in how you see |
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