Sun Glasses
Sunglasses are important for protecting your overall eye health. Several factors are important when choosing your next pair of sunglasses. Fashion is obviously a very important consideration, and our eyeware gallery offers over 300 sunglasses for you to choose from.
What We Offer
Our office carries many different sunglasses, all of which can allow for your prescription needs, and of course will work even if you want a pair over your contacts. We carry very stylish, fashionable and durable sunglasses for any of your sun protection needs. We offer: Maui Jim, Coach, Vera Bradley, Nautica, Juicy Couture. Don’t forget that children need sunglasses too! Our BabyBans and Julbo frames will protect your infant or toddler’s eyes from the sun. If you purchase a year supply of contacts from our office, you are eligible for a $50 instant discount on any non-prescription pair of sunglasses.
Ask our staff to help you with your next selection, and consider these factors in your next pair.
- UV Protection. The sun's UV radiation can cause cataracts; benign growths on the eye's surface; cancer of the eyelids and skin around the eyes; and photokeratitis, sometimes called snow blindness, which is a temporary but painful sunburn of the eye's surface. Wide-brimmed hats and caps can block about 50 percent of UV radiation from the eyes but optometrists say that is not enough protection.
- Blue-Light Protection. Long term exposure to the blue and violet portion of the solar spectrum has been implicated as a risk factor for macular degeneration especially for individuals that are sun sensitive.
- Comfortable vision. The sun's brightness and glare interferes with comfortable vision and the ability to see clearly by causing people to squint and the eyes to water. The best way to allow for comfortable vision, is with polarized sunwear.