2. Wraparound sunglasses prevent light - and UV - from getting behind your sunglasses and into your eyes.

3. Shades come in lots of different colors, but the best colors of lenses for protecting your eyes are brown, amber, green or gray.

4. Light-colored eyes - blue, gray or green eyes - need more protection.

5. Children’s eyes are more vulnerable than adults’, so it’s vital that those responsible for children make sure they wear sunglasses too. If you’re buying them for yourself, why not buy your child a pair too?

6. Carrots really are good for your eyes - and so are brussels sprouts, oranges and peas.

7. Up to 20% of cataracts may be due to overexposure to the sun.

8. The sun is most harmful to your eyes when you're near water, sand or snow.

9. Dogs can only see black, white and shades of gray.

10. Your eyes blink about 167 times in the span of 10 minutes. But that number can increase to between 300 and 500 times when you are excited or nervous. “People blink the most when they are on a date, speaking in public or lying” says Joseph Walker, a neurosurgeon in Reno . “That’s why blink counts are used in lie-detector tests”.

Why Do You Need Sunglasses?

One of the greatest wonder of the human body is our ability to enjoy the world through our eyes. How would your world be without sight?

Everyone loves the sun! We are exposed to it when visit the beach, have outdoor activities or by just walking to a hawker centre during our lunch break. Not knowing that within the sun light lays an invisible radiation that could put our only pair of eyes in great danger.

These radiations are called Ultraviolet (UV) rays and long-term exposure of it can contribute to eye diseases & problems such as:-

      Cataracts

      Cancer of the eye

      Burn corneas and conjunctivae

      Wrinkle around the eyes

      Age-related macular degeneration

As Singapore ’s leading optical retail chain & eye care consultant, Spectacle Hut cares for your eyes. We want you to know how you could protect your eyes.

Below are the few tips you could keep in mind.

      Put on a good pair of UV Protected sunglasses whenever you are out in the sun. This is to avoid irreversible damages to your eyes.

      If you find it hard to open your eyes when you are out in the sun, you are experiencing Photophobia; a symptom of excessive sensitivity to light. Sunglasses could help to reduce the irritation and tearing.

      Dark sunglasses doesn’t necessary provide protection compared to lightly shaded sunglasses. Make sure you choose a pair of sunglasses with a certified Ultraviolet protection. Cheap street side sunglasses usually don’t provide this protection. 

      Putting on sunglasses while you drive could cut out glares and improve the comfort of driving.  

      Sunglasses also help you to lessen the squinting of your eyes which will drastically cut down any wrinkle formation.  

      It is sometime said that we may slow down the development of cataract by putting on ultraviolet-protecting sunglasses

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