Amblyopia?

Question

Hi. I have amblyopia from when I was very young. I got it corrected at age 4 from eye surgery....I'm 14 now and want contacts...Do you think I can wear them?

Additional Details

And yes I plan to ask a doctor but my appointment isn't until september because he was booked...

well sometimes my eyes still drift when I don't focus but I do eye exercises to correct it.

oops forgot to mention I also have
Strabismus

Answer 1

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I had amblyopia, when I was young, as well. I think your doctor will probably o.k. the lenses. I, actually, got to have lasic surgery to have my eyes see in mono vision. The lasic vision dr. was worried that my brain wouldn't do well with mono vision, as so many people's lasic vision does not do well with that. But, my idea was that since I'd had ambliopia as a child, had one eye patched (the good eye) so that the lazy eye WOULD have to work, I figured my brain had already figured out how to do monovision. So, it worked out just great. With one eye, I am actually seeing up close, and with the other I am seeing farther away. My eyes just work for both, without glasses, since the lasic surgery.

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had it!

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thank you

Answer 2

I don't think it'd be a problem at all.

Answer 3

I can't see why it would matter. (oops bad pun there)

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http://www.nei.nih.gov/health/amblyopia/…

Answer 4

I know that there are doctors who will fit amblyopes, but my the OD at our office (who happens to be my husband) will not fit contacts unless the amblyopic eye can be corrected to better than 20/40.

If one eye is still weaker than the other and you lose the vision in your good eye, it could cause you significant visual disability.

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licensed optician married to an optometrist.