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Wearing eyeglass less than prescription.
Does wearing less than prescribed number eyeglasses affect your eyes ? Like I have -4 eye number and i am wearing -3.45 number glasses, i don't feel any strain in my eye. Will it effect my eye or has a chance of increasing the number ?
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Dr. Rutvi Parikh
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
9 yrs exp
Vadodara
If you are comfortable, you can continue the older glass power (-3.75)
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Dr. Azher Lodhi
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
10 yrs exp
Aurangabad
Minor number diffrence will not harm your eye
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Dr. Saba Kausar
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
12 yrs exp
Bangalore
O.5 difference is very small. If you are asymptomatic, you can skip it.
Consult sos
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
Pulmonologist
44 yrs exp
Hyderabad
0.25 power does not matter.your comfort is important. Pl have Retinoscopy. Pl consult ophthalmologist for further evaluation and treatment.
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