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Sunglasses protect your eyes by filtering light from the sun. | Sunglasses protect your eyes by filtering light from the sun. There are times when sunglasses are needed (like skiing). Because you do want to protect your eyes from excessive UV (sun) exposure. Get polarized sunglasses. Otherwise all you're doing is squinting less. | ||
If the sun is in your eyes, use protection. If you are going to be out all day, then absolutely wear sunglasses . | If the sun is in your eyes, use protection. If you are going to be out all day, then absolutely wear sunglasses . | ||
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===Pros=== | ===Pros=== | ||
* Protect your eyes so you can see colors clearly when you're old | * Protect your eyes so you can '''see colors''' clearly when you're old | ||
* Sunglasses can be useful for avoiding changes to your '''circadian rhythm'''. So, if you have to go out in the sun and are travelling but don't want to change your sleep schedule too much because you're traveling again in a day or two again anyway. Or if you're like in a place that gets 20 hours of sunlight but you're trying get 8 hours of sleep despite the only 4 hour long night. So at some point you put on sunglasses to artificially make nighttime happen. | |||
* Q: But what about the reflections of cars shining in my eyes '''while I’m driving'''? A: pro sunglasses in that case. Safety trumps eyesight improvement shenanigans. | |||
===Cons=== | ===Cons=== | ||
* [[Huberman]]'s guests are saying that sedentary indoors people aren't getting enough bright light exposure, and recommend not wearing sunglasses if you can get good indirect sunlight (obviously if the sun is in your eyes, use protection) | * [[Huberman]]'s guests are saying that sedentary indoors people aren't '''getting enough bright light''' exposure, and recommend not wearing sunglasses if you can get good indirect sunlight (obviously if the sun is in your eyes, use protection) | ||
* But if you live the life of an '''internet person''' you probably are underexposed to sunlight and should be avoiding sunglasses. | |||
==Are my glasses polarized?== | ==Are my glasses polarized?== | ||
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* EXPENSIVE: Coccoons are alright. You can put them over the top of your regular glasses, which is nice for EndMyopia practices because if you use the same frame for your glasses, you can change your glasses all the time and keep your sunglasses the same. But it's like $80 for their polarized transitions sunglasses and $60 for regular polarized sunglasses. | * EXPENSIVE: Coccoons are alright. You can put them over the top of your regular glasses, which is nice for EndMyopia practices because if you use the same frame for your glasses, you can change your glasses all the time and keep your sunglasses the same. But it's like $80 for their polarized transitions sunglasses and $60 for regular polarized sunglasses. | ||
* MOST EXPENSIVE: Get a new pair of prescription polarized sunglasses every time you change your [[normalized]] glasses. As far as Ray-Ban goes, like most things that are designer brand, they are overpriced but hopefully better quality control on the frames, but nothing special with the lenses. Anything special with the lenses would depend who does the fitting, or if it's a generic OC offset like with eyeglasses stores | * MOST EXPENSIVE: Get a new pair of prescription polarized sunglasses every time you change your [[normalized]] glasses. As far as Ray-Ban goes, like most things that are designer brand, they are overpriced but hopefully better quality control on the frames, but nothing special with the lenses. Anything special with the lenses would depend who does the fitting, or if it's a generic OC offset like with eyeglasses stores | ||
==Miscellaneous== | |||
* CARS: "I prefer flip-on cheapo sunshades for flexibility to flip on and off, but I think it's totally great to wear shades in the car. Car windshields are usually UV treated, so it's not like you get the hypothetical benefits of UV exposure anyway. " | |||