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Contact Lenses (cont.)

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contact lenses, vision correction, refraction, corneal abrasions, eye infections, pinkeye, corneal infections, soft contact lenses, rigid gas permeable lenses, RGP lenses, hard lenses, PMMA, contact lens fitters, eyeglasses

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Soft contact lenses (CLs) were once difficult to fit for astigmatic eyes because every toric CL was unique and fit differently with every lens.

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