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My vision is very, very bad. Eye dilation is to allow the doctor to examine the retinas, in my case. Though as others have pointed out they're doing more digita
by Jtsummers 3y ago
My vision is very, very bad. Eye dilation is to allow the doctor to examine the retinas, in my case. Though as others have pointed out they're doing more digital imaging these days and that doesn't require dilation. My doctor now dilates my eyes every other year.
If your vision is normal (or not as abnormal as mine) and you aren't at high risk of various eye health issues (diabetic, family history, high blood pressure) then there's little need for dilation in an eye exam.
- rjsw 3y agoMy eye checks every other year have had a retinal exam component for as long as I can remember, never been given any drugs to affect the pupil diameter though.
- Jtsummers 3y agoThat was what they did for me until my eyes exceeded about -8 or -9 diopters of correction (late high school, not sure where it was exactly when they started dilating them but in that range), then they introduced dilation as a regular thing.