Michael Healy, Author at EZOnTheEyes

Can You Wear Sunglasses With Contacts? How to Protect Your Eyes

Written By Michael Healy

If you’re like most contact lens wearers, you experienced a wonderful feeling of relief the day you started using them. Now the question is: what do you do when you head out into the bright sunlight? Can you wear sunglasses with contacts?

The answer is, yes, the combination works as well as peanut butter and jelly and provides an added level of eye protection you can’t get with contacts alone.

Read on to answer the question of can you wear sunglasses with contacts once and for all!

Driving Glasses and Popular Types of Specialty Eyewear

Written By Michael Healy

What is specialty eyewear?

Unsurprisingly, AllAboutVision.com explains specialty eyewear is simply eyeglasses designed for specialized tasks. They cite The Vision Council, which reports the most common reasons for needing specialty eyewear include:

Supporting an activity such as driving or sports
Protecting the eyes during sports or work

Maybe you spend time building model airplanes or making jewelry and need better close-up vision. Like so many others, you may require eyewear to help you focus on the work you do for prolonged periods of time on a computer.

Whatever the reason, read on to find out if you might benefit from the various types of specialty eyewear.

benefits of daily disposable contact lenses

Daily Disposable Contact Lenses: The Top 7 Benefits

Written By Michael Healy

Daily disposable contact lenses used to be a luxury many couldn’t afford. It was simply too expensive to throw out contact lenses after only one use.

But that’s changed. As the demand for contact lenses skyrockets, so too has the supply. As such, prices have decreased, and contact lenses are more cost-effective and popular than ever.

Should you care? If you wear contacts, it’s certainly worth considering the option and understanding the benefits that daily disposable contact lenses may offer. I’m going to run down seven advantages for you here…

Eye Health in the Wake of Coronavirus

Written By Michael Healy

During the coronavirus pandemic, it’s become common knowledge that touching your nose, mouth, or any part of your face, is a risk.

Your eyes are an important part of the equation too. You can become infected by touching your eyes after touching something on which the virus is present.

If you wear glasses or contact lenses, obviously it’s not easy to avoid touching your eyes. In this article, we’ll look at what you should know—and try to do—to safeguard your eyes and your overall health during these unprecedented times.

Polarized Sunglasses: Do They Reduce Headaches or Cause Them?

Written By Michael Healy

Sunglasses with polarized lenses reduce the glare from bright light reflecting off of flat surfaces.

As such, many athletes attest to their effectiveness. They claim to see more clearly and then claim to perform better. See, many athletes state polarized lenses help them feel more relaxed because they don’t have to stress or strain to see.

Are polarized lenses right for you?