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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera View Post
Are you going to an optometrist or an ophthalmologists? BIG difference as one is a real certified eye doctor and the other is not much more than a glasses prescription source.

My ophthalmologists always dilates my eyes, and uses a very bright light and magnification to checks out my cornea, and my retinas. And is in not a quick look, he studies them carefully. I have a slight cataract on my left eye. When I do get that fixed it will be that doctor to fix me.
My optometrist (DO not MD) dialates me, but he's in practice with an MD. I see him for routine maintenance and semirigid contacts. The big magnified yellow light that he shines around makes me see the ghost image of the blood vessels in my retina. It's pretty trippy.

He might just be old school, he is my age (50!) after all - they also do the contact pressure reading rather than the air puff. Once you're numb, I think it used to actually be cocaine, the big blue donut actually pushes on your cornea. Also pretty trippy!

I'm blessed with good eyes, except for their unfortunate shape. I'll be happy with that...
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