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		watwut on June 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Shortsightedness has become an epidemic Where you got that from? They are surgically removed outside of USA regularly when they grow bad and cause infections.

otabdeveloper4 on June 14, 2022 | [–]

> when they grow bad

Yes, exactly. Which actually happens not so often and usually around the time the rest of your teeth go bad and you start to need surgery anyways.

davidgay on June 12, 2022 | [–]

I think the difference is the US is very likely to remove them preemptively.

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