Astigmatism (2/2) | Woodland Hills Eye Doctor


Astigmatism comes in two types: regular and irregular.
Regular occurs when the cornea is carved in more directions, causing a distortion. Irregular astigmatism is far less common, but the curative in the cornea in irregular astigmatism is not even compared to the regular one. 
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