Should You Wear Blue Blocker Lenses?For people who work in front of computers, all day commonly have mid-afternoon eyestrain. This strain can present itself as dry eye or headaches. We tend to blink less when staring at a screen. This means that the moisture that coats our eyes after a blink is not there. Moving pictures at your fingertips and different font sizes send mixed signals causing eye muscle soreness. All of this can be a real headache, but that is not the only reason to invest in blue blocker lenses.

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Blue light disrupts melatonin production.

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That's right. The hormone that decides when you do and do not slumber is directly affected by blue light. Before the invention of electricity, people looked to the sun to determine when to go to sleep and when to get up. Lights enabled all-nighters and now our lives are filled with various spectrums of light. Studies have actually shown that red or pink bulbs in the room where you sleep can aid melatonin production.

But you would not want to wear them 24/7.

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Blue light does go a long way in shaping our circadian rhythm, but that includes having blue light when you do need it. The best way to get blue light is from the sun. Yes, you should always wear protection for your eyes in the sun, but not blue light protection. If you were to block blue light from your life completely, it would lead to depression. Think about Seasonal Affective Disorder and when it occurs. It occurs during the winter months when the sun is absent and it is too cold to go outside when it isn’t.

So should you wear them?

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That is up to you and your doctor. Obviously, your eye doctor has a say in it, but if you suffer from insomnia or depression, you would want to get an opinion from those doctors too. As far as other benefits such as the prevention of Macular Degeneration, those results are inconclusive. It is really so genetic that saying it is related to digital eye strain needs far more data than what is already available. If you know it does run in your family then that is another part of the conversation to have with your doctor.