Are Computer Vision Lenses Right for Me?

If you spend lots of time every day in front of your computer, laptop, tablet, or smartphone, you need computer vision lenses. Working long hours in front of your digital screen can leave your eyes dry and irritated. These are signs you are experiencing digital eyestrain or computer vision syndrome (CVS).

CVS has become quite common in today's digital world because of the high visual demands of computer work. Computer vision lenses may be the best way to guard your eyes against digital eyestrain.

What Are Computer Vision Lenses?

Computer vision lenses or blue light lenses are prescription lenses specifically designed to allow you to use your digital screens comfortably and they can be prescribed to you directly by your optometrist. Unlike regular eyeglass lenses, computer vision lenses are specially made to ease eyestrain that results from blue light. They let you focus your eyes on a digital screen as they filter or block blue light from the screen.

The sun is the primary source of blue light. But it is also produced by digital screens, from computers and cell phones to television screens and more. Blue light has a shorter wavelength that carries high energy, so the glare from blue light can hurt your eyes. It can also affect you in various other ways.

Why Should You Be Concerned About Blue Light?

Blue light is everywhere. It is what creates the blue color of the sky and what makes your light bulbs and digital screens bright. So, whether you are spending time in the bright, sunny outdoors or on your digital screen, you cannot avoid contact with blue light.

Although blue light is not all that bad, long-term exposure can be damaging. During the day, blue light can help you focus better and even improve your reaction times. But too much exposure can:

• Cause Headaches

Blue light can trigger headaches because of too much eyestrain. If you suffer migraines, blue light can worsen your pain.

• Make Your Vision Blurry

When you spend too much time on your digital screen without taking regular breaks, you may find it hard to focus. You could experience soreness, eye discomfort, and perhaps blurred vision.

• Disrupt Your Sleep Pattern

Your sleep hormone, melatonin, helps you prepare for sleep, and darkness stimulates your body to produce it. However, blue light decreases melatonin production because it signals your body to stay awake.

• Damage Your Retina

More and more contact with blue light can expose the light-sensitive tissues in your retina to damage. Retinal damage can make you lose your vision permanently.

• Increase Your Risk for Macular Degeneration

Studies show that blue light triggers the production of toxic particles in light-sensitive eye cells. That results in damage that can bring about macular degeneration.

Why You Need Computer Vision Lenses

Computer vision lenses can block blue light from reaching your delicate retinas. Their lens coating is effective enough to stop blue light from passing through. That is something that your natural eye protectors cannot do.

Nearly all visible blue light can pass through your natural blockers, enter, damage your retina, and possibly trigger vision loss.

For more on whether computer vision lenses are right for you, call Paradise Canyon Eye Care at (435) 656-2003 to reach our office in St. George, Utah.

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