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Can wearing sunglass's all the time harm your eyes??

I wear shades all the time, like I neva take them off I luv them even at nite and I cant see I wear them. I wearing now. Can this harm my eyes ?

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Answer #1

Poor quality sunglasses block some but not all UV light to the eyes. Being unregulated by the FDA, tags on sunglasses can say “100% UV block” but that does not indicate which type of UV is blocked or for how long. For example, cheap sunglasses might have only 100% UV-A blocked but 0% block for UV-B or UV-C. Many of these cheaper sunglasses have a sprayed on UV coating which can be washed off after the first few times you clean your glasses. Meanwhile, the dark tinting the lenses remains causing your pupil to dilate. This allows your eyes to receive even greater doses of UV radiation than if you did not wear sunglasses at all! Poor quality sunglasses do not filter out direct or reflected glare creating a visual pollution that degrades the clarity of your vision. Cheap sunglasses are not made of optically ground glass or plastic but molded plastic that creates visual distortions that can leave you with eyestrain.

Answer #2

missmagic- your not the only one that thinks so.. apperantly a lot of the things I do arnt normal but im not lettin my mom tek me to a shrink, I now what they do to ya !!

Answer #3

You wear sunglasses all the time and carry a baseball bat around with you? Seriously, you need to talk to somebody.

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