Sunglasses

Did you know the sun radiates three types of ultraviolet light, two of which can damage the sensitive surface at the back of your eye?

Today, owning a pair of sunglasses isn’t just about being fashionable, but about protecting your eye health too.

Too much UV light reaching the retina at the back of your eye can speed up the development of harmful eye conditions such as cataracts and macular degeneration.
We highly recommend you wear sunglasses which offer 100% UV protection.

As well as keeping your eye health protected, sunglasses will also keep you safer when driving, helping to reduce glare and reflections, and reduce the discomfort and fatigue of having light in your eyes whilst fishing and sailing, for example.

Among the choices of sunglasses available to you at our practice you will find:

A full range of plano sunglasses, mainly from Ray Ban
All our frames can be glazed with prescription sunglass lenses
Polaroid lenses which reduce glare and brightness (particularly useful if you’re spending time near water or skiing)
Photochromic or “Transitions” lenses which darken depending on the amount of light they’re exposed to. These are now available in a multitude of colours