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I am 21 years old women. I have an eye problem last 4 years. I used spectacles. Doctors told me at the age of 18 the eye power decreasing problem will stop, but I feel after 18 also the eye power get decrease. Is it true after 18 the eye power remains constant? Please help me!
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Myopia increases in growing age. That's the reason doctors say that eye sight gets stable by the age of 18-20. By this age we have attained the maximum height. But sometimes it keeps changing either due to too much of computer, mobile and ipads usage or sometimes it is progressive myopia.
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What you have been told is correct. However, there are always variations. That is human body. There can be changes in some patients till 21 years of age.
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