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Article<br />
Do no compromise your<br />
eyes with cheap glasses!<br />
Sunglasses are a wonderful<br />
accessory to<br />
show off your style but<br />
their most important<br />
function is to protect the<br />
eyes from harmful ultraviolet<br />
rays (UV). Conditions<br />
like cataracts,<br />
macula degeneration<br />
and pterygium that sunrays<br />
contribute greatly<br />
to can cause serious<br />
damage to vision.<br />
While UV rays begin to fall<br />
more perpendicularly with<br />
the approaching summer<br />
months they can cause serious<br />
problems in the eyes. Op. Dr. Haluk<br />
Talu from Dünyagöz Ataköy shared<br />
information about the conditions that<br />
can occur in these months. “Everyone<br />
has to be more careful in the<br />
summer months when the effects of<br />
UV rays are intensified because you<br />
cannot see or feel UV rays. Especially<br />
children, the elderly and people with<br />
lighter colored eyes may need to take<br />
extra precautions in this period. Sunglasses<br />
are among the most practical<br />
precautions that can be taken.<br />
By using sunglasses you can prevent<br />
negative effects that can be caused<br />
by UV rays like cataracts, macula<br />
degeneration, pterygium and retina<br />
damage. In addition to all these sunglasses<br />
make you squint less, which<br />
helps to prevent the wrinkles that<br />
can occur around the eyes”.<br />
100% protection is the most<br />
important factor in selecting<br />
glasses<br />
Op. Dr. Talu, who pointed out<br />
that 100% UV protection in the<br />
lenses that are used is the most<br />
important factor in sunglasses,<br />
said “Although UV rays provide<br />
vitamin D in small doses, during the<br />
summer months that the sunrays<br />
fall more perpendicularly they can<br />
cause the skin to burn as well as<br />
damage to the eyes which must be<br />
taken seriously. Sunglass selection<br />
plays a definitive role in protecting<br />
the eyes in this situation. The most<br />
important feature that sunglasses<br />
should have is 100% UVA and UVB<br />
protection. Cheap sunglasses<br />
should be avoided in making this<br />
selection because glasses that<br />
are made using bad quality, dark<br />
colored lenses can cause the iris<br />
to open wider in order to detect<br />
light and if the lens does not have<br />
UV protection the UV rays have a<br />
more intense effect on the irises<br />
and increase risk. One of the other<br />
features that glasses must have is<br />
being suitable to the head and eye<br />
area. Glasses that fit the face well<br />
will prevent UV rays and make sure<br />
eyes are not left unprotected”.<br />
Points of caution in sunglass<br />
selection:<br />
• Prevents UV rays at least 99%<br />
• Resilient to impacts<br />
• Use of polarized and<br />
photochromic lenses<br />
•Well-fitting<br />
• Wide lens area<br />
<strong>Mayıs</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 31
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