We can all agree that maintaining optimal eye health is key. Our eyes are delicate (not to mention we only get two of them), and it might surprise you to know that there are a number of things you may be doing that are harming your eye health which you probably weren’t even aware of.

1. Not respecting the mighty contact lens

We bet you don’t know what corneal neovascularisation is exactly. To be honest, it’s something that all contact lens wearers should be aware of. Corneal neovascularisation is a condition where, if the oxygen supply to the cornea is cut off (say, by a little plastic disc), then the body compensates for the lack of oxygen by growing new blood vessels over the cornea to provide more oxygen to the eye. This can result in a clouded cornea and can even lead to total blindness in some cases.

So, with that in mind, if you are a contact lens wearer then you should already know that your optician’s advice is to wear them for no more than 8 hours a day, and to take longer, regular, breaks to wear your glasses instead. If you are not doing this then you are destroying your eye health and you should begin doing so immediately. Respect the lens.

2. Going zombie in front of your computer screen

Staring at your computer screen for protracted periods of time can hurt your eye health in two major ways. Firstly, it can weaken your eye muscles. As with any muscle in your body, the muscles in your eyes also need a regular work out to look their beach body best. If you spend ten or twelve hours a day staring at a fixed point, from a fixed distance, on a digital screen, then your eye muscles will not receive the work-out they crave. Obviously eye exercises do not help serious conditions such as macular degeneration or glaucoma, and there is no empirical evidence to say that exercising your eyes improves your vision. However, healthy eye muscles are more relaxed, and exercises can even help to alleviate symptoms of eye pain and strain....
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