are you experiencing digital eye strain or eye strain from working on the computer all
day long and you're wondering what can actually help with that now blue light
glasses is usually on the list for many people but is there something that can actually work
better than blue light glasses well in this video I'm going to go over
three things that could actually be better let's focus in [Music] Hey Howdy everybody,
this is Dr. Neal Guymon, Dr. EyeGuy, helping you with your eyes and your vision now first on the
list might seem kind of basic but sometimes that's what we have to do is get back to the basics and
that would be to Blink now when we use digital devices we actually blink 60 percent less and
when we don't blink we don't get a re-coding of Tears over the surface of the eyes and the eyes
will dry out get inflamed and feel tired and strained in fact research has shown that one
of the best things that you can do while working on the computer is try and stick to the 20 20 20
rule that's every 20 minutes you take a 20 second break and look 20 feet away now during this 20
seconds you want to focus on something really far away relax your focusing muscles because
they're getting tired from focusing at something up close but also focus on blinking recoating the
eyes with fresh tears now if you really want to get serious about it you can actually do what's
called blinking exercises that's really a thing it's actually designed to help tone the muscles of
your eyelids I'll put a link in the description if you want to look further into that but this
does two things it relaxes your focusing muscles and helps with your dry eyes now here's a tip if
you're curious if your eyes are actually drying out from using the computer all day long at the
end of the day go look at yourself in the mirror if you notice that your eyes have a red pattern
a horizontal red pattern on both sides of the eyes maybe if you lift open your eyelids in the top and
bottom or more white that's a dead giveaway that your eyes are drying out from staring at a screen
that's the portion of your eyes that don't get recoated with fresh tears and so they get inflamed
and red so sometimes taking those frequent breaks and blinking might be all that you need another
thing that you want to stay on top of if you know that we're dealing with dryness and that's using
your artificial tears and you actually want to be proactive about this if you know you're gonna be
on the computer for a long time before you start put an eye drop in there or during your breaks
you can use these preservative free artificial tears it's safe to use these more often and will
actually go a long way and I'll put links in the description of my favorite ones as well as
a link to a video that I did about different preservative-free eye drops number two is to
get actually a specific computer pair of glasses now what sets us apart from regular glasses we
can actually put a specific power an additional power to help with your focusing muscles looking
at the computer screen it's along the same idea if you had to hold up a 40 pound weight and hold it
there all day long computer glasses would switch out that 40 pounds and put a 20 pound weight in
there so it makes it so the muscles don't fatigue as fast now the one downside with computer glasses
is a lot of times you can't actually use them for distance it actually might be blurry when
you look far away they're specifically made for close up your computer screen or your digital
device and there's something else we can put in computer glasses called prism prism is designed to
reduce the strain from your converging eye muscles and each eye you have muscles to point the eyes
in to make sure that the image that you're looking at is a single image that you don't
get double vision but sometimes in some people those converging muscles actually strain out and
get tired and so you can actually put prism in your glasses to shift the image out a little bit
so it relieves The Strain off of those muscles now what's nice is you can actually combine those two
things the prism and the additional power for your computer screen to make computer glasses
really nice now these are the computer glasses that I wear they actually have a special prism
in there from neural lens and they have an additional power for the computer screen and
I actually put blue light protection coating on there as well but to be honest the additional
power and the prism are actually what helps my eyes the most now this is something you do
want to go see your eye doctor about they can actually write specific prescriptions for the
computer that has that add power and that Prism Power in there if you need it now before we get
to tip three I'm just curious what has helped you with your digital eye strain have blue
light blocking glasses helped you have you tried something else that actually works better leave
it in the comments below I'm definitely curious to hear what you say tip number three is actually
about a specific type of glasses that have been around for a while but there are still a lot of
people that don't know about them and these type of glasses have been called headache or migraine
glasses these type of glasses are actually made more for people that were light sensitive called
photophobia or they're more prone to headaches and migraines most of these glasses that you can get
were actually made from fl-41 type of lenses now fl-41 is a specific type of tint made to
block out specific wavelengths and they tried to Target specific wavelengths that were coming
from fluorescent lights fl-41 fluorescent 41. now the reason why these might actually work better
than blue light glasses is they still block blue light but a lot of brands also block amber light
which has been known to trigger those headaches and migraines and actually there are some Brands
out out there that will actually let in more green light which has been shown to actually
be more beneficial or soothing to the eyes so if you're someone that suffers from eye strain may
be coupled with headaches or migraines or you work in a setting with fluorescent lighting then these
type of glasses might be something that you want to look into now most of the brands that you'll
get will have this kind of pink rose color tint to them this is actually from axon Optics a more
refined type of fl-41 lens there's another brand out there that kind of has a darker gray and I'll
discuss all of this in a future video now having worn these for a while they actually do help me
with my eye strain and headaches I feel better when I'm wearing them and when I actually compare
them with my specific computer glasses it really is comparable on how much relief they give me now
it is possible that you can get a pair of migraine glasses with your computer prescription possibly
prism depending on where you go combine that with the 20 20 rule taking breaks and you'll have the
ultimate tip to combat your digital eye strain now check out the description below put my
favorite brands of migraine glasses down there but also have a specific video coming out about
the different brands the differences between them and which ones I actually like the best
and when that's ready I'll put it right here now if you're still interested in Blue Light
blocking glasses then which ones might work the best for you I did a video specifically
about it right here I hope this video helped I'm Dr. Neal Guymon, Dr. EyeGuy, stay focused