Vocational School of Justice
‘QUALITY IS A MUST WHEN IT COMES TO EYE HEALTH’
‘QUALITY IS A MUST WHEN IT COMES TO EYE HEALTH’
As the effects of sunlight increase during summer days, wearing poor quality sunglasses could be doing you much more harm than good. The experts emphasize the importance of getting an expert opinion when buying quality sunglasses and staying out of sun between the hours of 11.00 – 16.00.
Hasan Durmuş, Lecturer at IUE Vocational School of Health, Opticianry Program, pointed out that people should be conscious about protecting their eye health regardless of their age and that poor quality products caused permanent damages to the eyes. He said, “Paying less money for poor quality products require to pay much more money to treat the damages caused by later on, thus effecting both individual and social economic structure. Fancy sunglasses may make you look good; however, protecting your eye health for brighter futures is much more important”.
Durmuş indicated that sunglasses were treated as aesthetical accessories by a large majority, and due to the density of the sunlight, the pupils contracted and the amount of light in the eyes decreased. Durmuş said that no matter what color it was, the sunglasses would lessen the amount of light, and make pupils enlarge.
‘Make your health a priority’
Durmuş stated that in the event of the lenses used in sunglasses failing to protect the eyes from ultraviolet rays, irrevocable damages in sight occurred. “Also, the poor material used in the frame of the sunglass may cause allergies. In addition to quality, people should pay attention to frame fitting their face shape. Frames that fit tightly on temples and cheeks may be bothersome. Lenses that do not fit the face shape, may reveal the prismatic effect and cause a shift in sight and negatively affect the quality of vision,” stated Durmuş.