Avoid these misunderstandings about glasses

In life, when we feel that our eyesight is deteriorating and we may need to wear glasses, there are always voices like "You can't wear glasses, the more you wear glasses, the higher the degree will be", "You must not wear glasses, look how ugly your eyes will be after wearing glasses"... Please note that these "words of experience" are misleading you!

1. Wearing glasses will increase myopia

Many people believe that if children become myopic, wearing glasses will only increase the degree of myopia. In fact, this misunderstanding should be avoided.

When a child has myopia, it is still in the process of development and can be corrected by wearing glasses. If the child still does not maintain good eye habits after wearing glasses, the degree of myopia may become higher and higher, and this situation has nothing to do with wearing glasses. In addition, children's myopia is also related to developmental and genetic factors.

2. Wear any glasses

Many people think that if a child has myopia, they can wear any glasses. This idea is also wrong.

Myopia requires special corrective glasses, and they need to be distinguished from hyperopia. Not all degrees of glasses can be worn. In particular, it is not advisable to deliberately wear glasses with a lower degree than the actual myopia degree in order to suppress the degree of the eyes.

Blindly using inappropriate glasses will make myopia worse. After a child is myopic, he should go to a professional institution to check the degree of myopia and wear appropriate glasses, so that myopia can be controlled faster and better.

3. Wearing glasses will affect your appearance

Many people believe that wearing glasses will cause changes in appearance. After wearing glasses, the eyeballs are found to be bulging out significantly, which is the effect of high myopia: at this time, the degree of myopia is very high, and the axial length of the eyeball is longer, so it gives people a feeling of protruding eyes. However, this situation has nothing to do with wearing myopia glasses.

4. Notes

1. After wearing glasses, ensure good eye habits.

2. Choose glasses of qualified quality that match your eye prescription.

3. Have regular check-ups and always pay attention to your eye health.

5. How to clean glasses correctly

(1) Wash your hands

You must wash your hands before touching the lenses. Use clean water, soap, hand sanitizer, etc. to wash them carefully. Dry your hands before you can touch the lenses.

(2) Care solution

Choose a care solution of qualified quality and ensure that it is used within the shelf life for the sake of eye health.

(3) Be aware that saliva contains bacteria!

Many people are used to using saliva and cleaning cloth to "wipe" the lenses of their glasses. Do you know how many bacteria there are in our mouths? Be sure to avoid wiping the lenses of your glasses with saliva. For the same reason, do not wipe the lenses of your glasses with your fingers.

(4) Dry Erase Destroys Everything!

Many people with myopia will blow on their lenses and then wipe them quickly and vigorously with a tissue or clothes, or even wipe them directly with a tissue or glasses cloth. This is the main source of scratches on the lenses, and blowing is not very hygienic.

(5) Frequency

There are also some myopic people who are obsessed with mysophobia and will clean their glasses frequently. It is recommended to clean the lenses once every two days. You can also go to the nearest eyewear store and let professionals help clean the lenses with an ultrasonic cleaner.

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