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Wearing corrective glasses improves natural eyesight over time.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that wearing corrective glasses improves natural eyesight over time?

Unclear. The retrieved sources do not establish that wearing corrective glasses improves natural eyesight over time. One meta-analysis found that myopia progressed in children wearing single-vision spectacles, and two sources state glasses are aids that do not weaken eyes but do not claim they improve underlying eyesight.

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Evidence against · 3
Myopia progression rates in urban children wearing single-vision spectacles.
2012
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Donovan, L., Sankaridurg, P., Ho, A., Naduvilath, T., Smith, E. L., & Holden, B. A. (2012). Myopia progression rates in urban children wearing single-vision spectacles.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1097/OPX.0b013e3182357f79

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Do Glasses Make Your Eyes Worse?
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Do Glasses Make Your Eyes Worse?. (n.d.). health.clevelandclinic.org. https://health.clevelandclinic.org/do-glasses-make-your-eyes-worse

Does wearing prescription eyeglasses weaken your eyes?
2011
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Does wearing prescription eyeglasses weaken your eyes?. (2011). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/4816/does-wearing-prescription-eyeglasses-weaken-your-eyes

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