Don’t fall for shady sunglasses. Eye experts shared their tips for how to pick sunglasses that will protect your eyes from the sun’s damaging rays — and why they’re so important, Verywell Health reported. Wearing sunglasses does more than keep your eyes safe from UVA and UVB rays, which can increase your chances of getting eye diseases like cataracts, dry eyes and cancer.
Sunglasses also protect the eyes from wind and dust and can shield the delicate skin around the eyes too. Sunglasses with polarized lenses, meaning they reduce reflected glares from water snow and glass, are especially protective. They help to “reduce the risk of developing wrinkles, fine lines and even skin cancer,” Michelle Holmes, OD, optometrist at Pacific Neuroscience Institute in Santa Monica, CA, told the health outlet.
Bryce St. Clair , assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine added that “wearing sunglasses helps block UV rays and wind from stimulating pinguecula growth.” A pinguecula is a relatively common noncancerous growth of the conjunctiva, the thin tissue that covers the whites of the eyes, according to Mount Sinai’s website.
St. Clair said sunglasses also protect against macular degeneration, eyelid skin cancer and cataracts. Some sunglasses may appear to shield your eyes because they have tinted lenses, but that doesn’t ensure they have adequate UV protection.
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