Moaning Myrtle is Harry's aunt on James's side & Harry/Myrtle's Glasses are

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 168002

Barry wrote:
> >Given the ailments that are cured in the HP series, isn't it
curious that magic hasn't cured Harry of wearing glasses?

Bart responded:
> Not really; bad vision requires a delicacy not evident in the WW.
Unlike teeth; if you can regrow bones in an arm, then why not teeth?

Carol chimes in:
I've asked myself both questions and can only conclude that JKR is
placing limitations on magic, just as she does when she makes real
money and real food necessities in the WW. You can't conjure either
one, or the Weasleys wouldn't be poor and Lupin wouldn't be thin and
hungry-looking. And Sirius Black could simply have stolen a wand and
conjured food rather than living on rats. (I still think it's unfair
to poor Merope to think that she could have kept herself alive using
magic when she couldn't conjure food or money.)

Aside from regrowing bones using Skele-Gro, most magical Healing seems
to consist of healing magical diseases (e.g., dragon pox) and
magically induced injuries from, say, potions or hexes. Madam Pomfrey
does reduce the size of Hermione's teeth, but she's reversing the
Densuageo hex with a shrinking spell. "Episkey" will heal a broken
nose or a swollen lip (HBP), but it doesn't seem to be a well-known
spell and may not work for a broken arm or leg. (Surely, Lupin would
have healed Ron's leg instead of merely conjuring a splint if it were
that easy.) "Reparo" seems to work only on broken objects, not to
restore lost teeth. And it's amazing how many characters lose teeth in
the HP books--Rita Skeeter has three gold ones (indicating how many
times she's been beaten up by outraged readers?). Dobby knocks out
several of Kreacher's teeth. Grawp knocks out some of Hagrid's. The WW
is a tough world, and magic doesn't solve all problems. (Someone
should send those poor people or creatures to Hermione's parents for
some nice Muggle false teeth.)

Some wounds, like Bill Weasley's, won't entirely heal. Mad-Eye Moody
has a wooden leg with a claw on the end, a magical glass eye that he
probably prefers to the original, and a chunk out of his nose (surely
that could have been restored magically if he'd wanted it to be?). His
frightening appearance illustrates the rough life of an Auror and
partly explains his paranoia. A frightening appearance may serve his
own purposes (and Fake!Moody's, as well).

As for eyeglasses, bad eyesight is not, of course, a magical ailment,
so maybe witches and wizards use nonmagical remedies for it just as
Muggles do. A skilled witch or wizard *might* be able to change the
shape of another witch or wizard's eyeball to correct near- or
far-sightedness, but it seems like a terrible risk. Better to wear
glasses and be safe.

Carol, divided between plot needs and the limits of magic as an
explanation for unrestored teeth and wishing, uncanonically and OT,
that the boy who plays Neville in the films would get himself to a
Muggle orthodontist