For someone with an eye disease, which is better: non-prescription or prescription sunglasses?
January 15th, 2010
Tonia asked:
I have retinopathy and my retinas are not very good. i have a vision impairment (blindness) in my left eye and have had several surgeries on my eyes. I have been vigilant about my eye care since i was diagnosed. i am a young person.
Are expensive non-prescription sunglasses as good as prescription sunglasses for someone with an eye disease or is there something more that prescription sunglasses can offer to protect my vision (uva/uvb/glare etc.)?? i especially need wrap around glasses to protect my side vision too from glare to protect the vision i have left. i bought a couple pairs of non-prescription sunglasses at walmart. one of them was a cheap pair and the other one was $20.
do non-prescriptions really have the protection that they guarantee (uva/uvb) or am i better off investing in a prescription pair?
I have retinopathy and my retinas are not very good. i have a vision impairment (blindness) in my left eye and have had several surgeries on my eyes. I have been vigilant about my eye care since i was diagnosed. i am a young person.
Are expensive non-prescription sunglasses as good as prescription sunglasses for someone with an eye disease or is there something more that prescription sunglasses can offer to protect my vision (uva/uvb/glare etc.)?? i especially need wrap around glasses to protect my side vision too from glare to protect the vision i have left. i bought a couple pairs of non-prescription sunglasses at walmart. one of them was a cheap pair and the other one was $20.
do non-prescriptions really have the protection that they guarantee (uva/uvb) or am i better off investing in a prescription pair?
Filed under: Eye Care | Tags: Glare, Investing, Prescriptions, Vision Impairment, Walmart
January 15th, 2010 17:51:13
Celeste
January 17, 2010
Go to an optometrist and ask them, i would be guessing prescription.
Hope this helps =]
princeidoc
January 18, 2010
uva/uvb is blocked by all non-Rx sunglasses.
but
uva/uvb is NOT ganerally blocked by OTC “reading” glasses.
so
if you’re talking ONLY about uva/uvb protection….non-Rx sunglasses are just as good as Rx ones