If you’re like most contact lenses 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?

The answer is to simply wear sunglasses with your contact lenses. 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.

Let’s examine the benefits of pairing sunglasses with your contact lenses. 

August is National Eye Exam month. Optometry Times claims there are five great reasons you should care about eye examinations:

1. Proper prescription
   Your eye exam reveals if you need eyeglasses or contact lenses and what prescription will work best. If you already have prescriptive eyewear, keep in mind your vision needs tend to change as you age.
   
   
2. Detect eye conditions
   An exam will enable your eye care professional to spot the early signs of diabetes, high blood pressure, glaucoma, and high cholesterol.
   
   
3. Prevent conditions
   An optometrist can see early signs of diseases that may not present symptoms, such as macular degeneration or cataracts. Early detection is important.
   
   
4. Alleviate headaches
   Visiting an eye care professional often leads to taking care of constant headaches.
   
   
5. Improve academic performance
   Poor vision is a common reason children fall behind in school.

Speaking of children, this year, National Eye Exam month brings us an in-depth and important research compilation from National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness titled, Children’s Vision and Eye Health: A Snapshot of Current National Issues.

You bought your glasses online, but they don’t fit your face the way you’d like. There’s probably no need to return them or run out to an optometrist shop.

It’s easy to make small adjustments to your eyeglasses at home and achieve a more comfortable fit. In this article, we’ll show and tell you how to make these adjustments quickly and safely.

One-third of the U.S. population is currently affected by myopia. And the World Health Organization reports the numbers are bound to grow massively. In fact, they claim by the year 2050, half the world’s population will experience myopia.

The WHO goes on to say 20% of those individuals, especially in underdeveloped countries, will also be at a significantly increased risk for blindness.