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When you look at those dots, I'm going to show you two choices and I just want you to tell me which makes the edges sharper and clearer for you, okay?
Do those look clearer with one or two?
One.
Hey there.
This is Andy Tegel, Infra Mariel Saguera, and reporting from the Office of Optometrist, Melanie Langford, here in San Diego, California.
When you think about eye health, this is usually the image that comes to mind, right?
Sitting in a dark office in a big leather chair, two great big wheels of lenses in front of your face making you feel like an owl, and little rows of letters across the room making you sweat.
There's no way they'd put three zs in a row, right?
And seven or eight.
Eight.
Okay, perfect.
So you do not appear to have any astigmatism.
What's astigmatism?
This part, the eye exam part of eye care is for the average healthy sighted person, pretty straightforward and in my opinion, pretty cool.
So you're nearsighted.
Okay.
And then this is what your vision is with nothing.
I can't.
That's crazy.