Summer Eye Safety Tips

1. Safety glasses are essential when using lawn mowers, week wackers, etc. That’s because small pieces of rock, glass, etc can turn into projectile missiles when kicked up by your lawn mower and headed for your eyes. These types of injuries can enter the interior of the eye and cause permanent damage. More than one retina specialist (the doctors who fix these injuries) has stated he or she would never mow a lawn again.
2. Beware the Bungee Cord. Give it your undivided attention so that no way, no how will it snap towards your face!
3. Remove your contact lenses before a long flight. A patient once told me that cabin air is dryer than desert air. (just one of the many things I have learned from my patients!) I have no idea if that’s true but you do not want to land at your destination with red eyes or have to look for an eye doctor before going to hour hotel.
4. Spray sunscreens can cause nasty chemical eye abrasions. My suggestion – use lotion. If you do use spray, don’t let your kids point and spray.