• marlowe221@lemmy.world
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      16 hours ago

      I’m not an eye doctor - just a guy with astigmatism in both eyes… But my understanding is that astigmatism can happen in multiple ways because it is due to the eye being non-spherical, etc.

      Meanwhile, there are limits to what glasses or contacts can do to correct this. Only so many ways a lens can bend light at one time.

      I think that’s what leads to people seeing different things, even with glasses on, when it comes to visual distortions like starburst patterns around lights.