UV eye protection

UV eye protection is essential to protect your eyes from the sun. UV stands for Ultraviolet Radiation, invisible rays radiating from the sun to the earth. These rays from the sun can severely damage your eyes, as well as your skin. They are the main cause of eye cancer and eyesight loss.

Some scientist believe that exposure to UV can cause cataracts in the long run. To be precise, there are three different kinds of UV ray: UVA, UVB and UVC. It’s mainly the UVB that causes the damage to your eyes and skin. To protect your eyes the best you should find sunglasses that provide at least 98% protection. The UV radiation needs to be absorbed by the lenses, so they wont reach your eyes.

For skiing, people with sun intolerance and with generally sensitive eyes can find custom sunglasses available to suit their needs. However, staring into the sun still isn’t a very good idea, even with sunglasses.

Special chemicals are used to coat the lenses of your sunglasses, to reflect away the UV rays and let the good light through. It is not necessarily true that darker lenses protect your eyes from the sun better than light-colored lenses can, contrary to popular belief. Though the darker shades help, what is most important is which chemicals are used to coat the glasses and stop the UV rays from passing through.

UV eye protection has become an important, almost necessary element in all forms of eyeglasses, from prescription to sunglasses to motorcycle glasses, to tanning goggles and safety goggles.