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Old 18th Oct 2004, 21:27
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Flyin'Dutch'
 
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Yup it can (as your prescription indicates)

The correction denotes the lens necessary to project the light on the retina.

Astigmatism signifies that the lens is not perfectly round. Best way to visualise this is to imagine that you look at a circle but with astigmatism you will actually see an elipse.

HTH

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