UV exposure to your eyes can have a wide range of impacts. In the short term, eyes can swell, get painful or even temporarily go blind. It’s even possible to get a sunburn on your eyes! In the long term, UV exposure can cause a variety of cancers, cataracts or other non-cancerous growths. Just putting on your sunglasses can help protect against all of these vision ailments. Want to bump your protection up another level? You can even combine your sunglasses with UV-protective contact lenses!
It’s clear, sunglasses are a multi-faceted piece of eyewear. No matter which aspect is the most important to you, throw on your shades and post your own #SunglassSelfie on social media to help celebrate #NationalSunglassesDay on Saturday!