Summary: How Astigmatism Affects Your Vision Astigmatism is a common vision problem. The good news is that it can be corrected with toric soft contacts instead of glasses. In the normal eye, the cornea (the clear lens in the front of the eye) is round, like a soccer ball, allowing light rays to focus evenly on the retina at the back of the eye.
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