Myth: If you wear glasses, not wearing them will cause your vision to deteriorate faster. Fact: The immediate side effect of not wearing glasses if you need them is the equivalent of going to an art gallery tour without bothering to get a ticket.
Myth: If you wear glasses, not wearing them will cause your vision to deteriorate faster. Fact: The immediate side effect of not wearing glasses if you need them is the equivalent of going to an art gallery tour without bothering to get a ticket.
Myth: Using your eyes too much will wear them out. Fact: We wouldn’t lose our sense of smell by using our nose too much or our hearing by using our ears too much. The eyes were made for seeing. We won’t lose our vision by using our eyes for their intended purpose.
Myth: Using glasses or contacts will weaken eyesight or eyes will become dependent on them. Fact: Your eyes will NOT grow weaker as a result of using corrective lenses. Your prescription may change over time due to aging or the presence of disease, but it is not because of your current prescription.
Myth: NEVER sit too close to the TV. Fact: There is no scientific evidence that sitting too close to the TV is bad for your eyes.
Myth: Children will outgrow lazy or crossed eyes. Fact: Children are not able to outgrow strabismus – the medical term for crossed eyes – on their own but, with help, it can be easily corrected at a younger age. That’s why it is important for your child to have an eye exam early, first when […]
Myth: If you cross your eyes, they will stay that way. Fact: Contrary to this old adage, your eyes will not stay crossed if you cross them.
Myth: You can wear your eyes out. Fact: Eyes do not wear out. You can use them as much as you want!
Myth: Using a computer, or video display terminal (VDT), is harmful to the eyes. Fact: Using a VDT may strain or tire your eyes, but it is not harmful. You can get special glasses to wear at the computer to help alleviate eye strain.
Myth: Reading too much fine print or in poor light will eventually harm your vision. Fact: “It’s like saying if you take a picture in poor light, then the camera is going to be damaged,” said Rosen, who worked as a photographer before he went to medical school and became an ophthalmologist.
Myth: Wearing eyeglasses that are too strong or have the wrong prescription will damage the eyes. Fact: Eyeglasses change the light rays that the eye receives. They do not change any part of the eye itself. Wearing glasses that are too strong or otherwise wrong for the eyes cannot harm an adult’s vision, although it […]
