What are the most common mistakes made regarding eye protection from the sun?

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Laura D. Cook
Assistant Professor of Opthalmology, University of Virginia-Department of Opthalmology
www.healthsystem.virginia.edu  
434-924-5485

The Ophthalmology Residency Training Program at the University of Virginia was separated from Otolaryngology in 1947. Since 1978, it has been under the leadership of a full-time academic faculty. The Department currently serves as the ophthalmic referral center for central and western Virginia and parts of West Virginia, North Carolina and eastern Tennessee.

What are the most common mistakes made regarding eye protection from the sun?

Laura D. Cook, M.D., Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine describes the various eye conditions that can be caused by sun damage.

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Host: What are the most common mistakes made regarding eye protection from the sun?

Dr. Laura D. Cook: I think the most common mistake is not having enough protection and so no matter what, you want to make sure that you are adequately protected. First of all, sunglasses, I think are very important and you want to be sure that you look and that they are labeled and all sunglasses that are approved should be labeled, that's to say that they are 100% or 99-100% UVA and UVB protected. Second of all, even if you have sunglasses, you need to have some kind of brimmed hat to protect the skin around your eyes from skin cancer or from the sun's rays that can then induce the skin cancer and then lastly, even if you have some other type of UV protection in your spectacle, in your clear glass spectacles or in your contact lenses, it doesn't take away the need for the brimmed hat and the sunglasses.

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