{"id":359912,"date":"2021-10-29T22:12:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T19:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/doctor-reveals-whether-blue-light-blocking-glasses-actually-protect-your-eyes\/"},"modified":"2021-10-29T22:12:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T19:12:26","slug":"doctor-reveals-whether-blue-light-blocking-glasses-actually-protect-your-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/doctor-reveals-whether-blue-light-blocking-glasses-actually-protect-your-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"#Doctor reveals whether blue light blocking glasses actually protect your eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Doctor reveals whether blue light blocking glasses actually protect your eyes<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A doctor has revealed whether blue-light-blocking glasses actually protect your eyes from heavy computer usage.<\/p>\n<p>And sorry to break it to you, but they don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@steven.hoffman\/video\/7013055719846972677?lang=en&amp;is_copy_url=1&amp;is_from_webapp=v1\">TikTok<\/a>, ophthalmologist Dr. Steven Hoffman revealed they sadly don\u2019t really do much.<\/p>\n<p>Pretending to be the employee, he said: \u201cWait, so blue-light-blocking glasses don\u2019t work?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To which he said: \u201cNope, they don\u2019t do a thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked why some doctors will add the blue light tint to glasses, he simply replied that it\u2019s to make more money.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32007978\/\">a recent\u00a0study<\/a>\u00a0published in 2020 determined there was little evidence to support the use of blue-blocking filters in the prevention of digital eye strain.<\/p>\n<p>However, it doesn\u2019t hurt to wear them before going to bed when it HAS been proven that using your cellphone or the computer can affect your sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, if you really want to prevent eye strain from using your computer all day, you should look away from your screen every 20 minutes for over 20 seconds.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"\/>You should also read your phone or computer from an arm\u2019s distance, so you avoid straining your sight too much.<\/p>\n<p>And if you feel like your eyes are still feeling dry and itchy from staring at the screen, use some teardrops to rewet your eye.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Do blue-light-blocking glasses work for you?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/blue-light-glasses-3-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Woman uses blue light glasses.\" class=\"wp-image-19968263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/blue-light-glasses-3-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/blue-light-glasses-3-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/blue-light-glasses-3-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Taking to TikTok, ophthalmologist Dr. Steven Hoffman revealed they sadly don\u2019t really do much.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images\/EyeEm<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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And sorry to break it to you, but they don\u2019t. Taking to\u00a0TikTok, ophthalmologist Dr. Steven Hoffman revealed they sadly don\u2019t really do much. Pretending to be the employee, he&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":359913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/blue-light-glasses-00.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[118196,2243,95528,9724,47912],"class_list":["post-359912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-10-29-21","tag-doctors","tag-eyeglasses","tag-study-says","tag-tiktok"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}