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Cylinders (Glasses)

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Some patients have eyes shaped like rugby balls and therefore need a lens with two different curves.

A cylinder is required to correct a refractive error where the image of a point object is not a single point but 2 focal points at different distances.

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Cylinders (CYL,ZYL)
A cylinder is required to correct a refractive error