Why can’t your eyes focus on something that’s super close to your face (even with only one eye open)?

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There seems to be an exact point where you lose focus on an item when bringing it closer to your face. The closer it gets, the blurrier it gets – even with only one eye open. Why is this?

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To maintain focus the eye has muscles that pull on a clear piece of tissue that is the lens in your eye, changing its shape. At some point those muscles and the ability of that tissue to be deformed reaches its limit.

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