“Is sunlight bad for your eyes?”
I'm outside a lot, but I haven't worn sunglasses in years. I'm just wondering, does the sun have harmful effects on the eyes?
9 Answers
Yes the sun has harmful effects on the eyes and can cause cataracts, pingueculas, pterygiums and solar burns on your retinas.
Jason Randall Smith
Optometrist
Great question; answer is yes, sunlight can be harmful to your eyes. UV light can affect the very sensitive skin around your eyes, UV light can increase the development of cataracts, and there have been connections between UV light and macular degeneration. Please wear sunglasses with UV protection. UV light does penetrate the clouds, so it is not only a problem in direct sunlight. Here is a good website; https://www.nei.nih.gov/about/news-and-events/news/protecting-your-eyes-suns-uv-light
The effects of the sun or ultraviolet radiation can be very harmful. Sunburn, skin cancer, premature cataracts, and macular degeneration are just some of the results of prolonged exposure without proper protection.
Protect your Peeps!
Dr. Lior Koppel
Protect your Peeps!
Dr. Lior Koppel
You are at risk for the development of cataracts with exposure to the sun. Also, macular degeneration.
Excessive UV exposure can cause cataracts and macular degeneration. Sunglasses should be worn for extended outdoor activities.
Yes
The sun emits ultraviolet radiation which is harmful to our skin and eyes. It can cause damaged to tissue in and around the eyes. For the eyelids, it can cause basal cell or squamous cell cancers. In the front of the eye it can cause scar tissue. Inside the eye it can cause cataracts and macular degeneration.
UV exposure over a lifetime causes age related cataracts as well as sun spots (pingueculas/pterygia) on the surface of your eyes, accelerate macular degeneration, raises your chances of skin cancers on the eyelids, increases floaters...so, yes! Sunglasses with UVA/UVB blocking properties are readily available at low cost. I recommend everyone from infants to elderly to wear sunglasses whenever possible.
Absolutely, yes!! UVA and UVB rays are harmful.
