Can REGULAR Astigmatism Cause Starbursts and Ghosting?
April 8th, 2010 | See the Top Answers to this Question Below
Particularly with digital clocks, television text, and computers. Again, NOT IRREGULAR astigmatism. Does this apply to the normal kind?
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Not if its optically corrected.
Normal astigmatism is only a version of long or short sight, and can be corrected just as effectively as those with ordinary spectacles.
With contacts it can be slightly more tricky, but in principle the correction can be just as good. It’s largely a matter of getting the lens to stabilise in the eye.
If you do not wear glasses/contact lenses to correct the astigmatism then yes you will experience a kind of star-burst around lights. If you still get it with your glasses then your astigmatism may not be fully corrected or you might need an anti-reflection coating on your glasses (this is great! I would never ever wear glasses without it- it benefits you optically and cosmetically- it just makes your glasses look so much nicer to people looking at you)
yes.