Sunglasses are essential elements of famous signature looks, from the Terminator to the Blues Brothers. There’s a good argument, though, that sunglasses should be a staple of everyone’s outdoor attire. Sunglasses are not just fashion statements; they are protective equipment for the eyes. Sunglass lenses block harmful UV radiation from the sun. Just as a sunburn is bad for the skin, long periods of UV exposure are bad for your delicate instruments of sight. Aside from making you look cool and mysterious, donning shades can save your eyes from a number of scary diseases and side effects that come from outdoor exposure.
- Glaucoma and cataracts – Cataracts, cloudiness over the eyes’ lenses, and glaucoma, a disease of the optic nerve, both are worsened by direct sunlight exposure and made more likely to develop in later years.
- Skin cancer – We all know to lather up with sunscreen before hitting the beach, but it is not well known that our eyelids are susceptible to skin cancer. Sunglasses protect eyelids by reducing their exposure to the UV light that causes cancer clusters.
- Surfer’s eye (pterygium) – Nicknamed surfer’s eye because of the prevalence of getting it from extended periods of looking over sunlit water, pterygium is a painful growth on the eyeball caused by UV exposure.
- Macular degeneration – This scary, incurable disease can degenerate a sufferer’s eyesight into eventual blindness. While its cause isn’t entirely known, macular degeneration is worsened by UV exposure.
- Migraines – Direct sunlight can trigger migraines and headaches or worsen the severity of them. Sunglasses cause less-direct sunlight exposure while…
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