Risk for Blue Eyes - How to take better care

After a genetic mutation in a single individual about 6000 to 10000 years ago, blue eyes came into existence. Now about 8-10 per cent of people worldwide have blue eyes. Most in Europe, parts of Scandinavia where the mutation first occurred.

Blue Eyes look pretty and attractive because of how uncommon the colour is. But the pretty eye colour is the most sensitive of all the eye colours.

Blue eyes have the least amount of melanin content. Melanin is a brown pigment that gives colour to your eyes, hair, skin etc. Melanin helps in protecting you from UV rays and high energy visible light. Melanin in the iris protects the inner part of the eyes from the sunlight.

Because of the low melanin content, blue eyes are more prone to damage from UV rays and blue lights.

How to care for your blue eyes

The light-sensitive blue eyes need more care than other eye colours. You need to protect your eyes from the harsh sunlight, bright lights, flashing neon signs, blue lights and other artificial lights that can hurt your eyes.

Before stepping out of home, wear UV protective sunglasses. Blue light is sensitive to UV rays. UV rays affect your eyes over a period of time. It can develop eye cancer. If you have always lived near beaches from childhood to adulthood, you are at risk of developing UV related diseases. Also, if you have lived in mountainous regions or any high UV index region and gone out mostly without any sunglasses, you are more prone to UV related diseases like eye cancer.

Sudden exposure to a high amount of UV rays or reflected UV rays from the snow surface or water surface can also lead to blindness. To avoid this always wear polarised sunglasses with UV protective coating.

Blue eyes are sensitive to blue lights. Because of low melanin content, blue lights are not properly blocked by your eyes. You will get eye strain and fatigue more when working on computers for long hours. If you work on computers for hours, you should buy blue ray glasses. These glasses will block the incoming blue lights and protect your eyes from possible harm. X-Blue UV from Specsscart is the best in the industry. You should give these glasses a try.

Transition glasses are also effective glasses to protect your sensitive blue eyes. These glasses also known as photochromatic glasses, adjust the shade of the glasses according to the light. When it is under sunlight or bright light, the shades turn darker and protects your eyes from the harsh sunlight or bright lights. When in normal light or dim light, it fades back to clear glasses. This transition protects your eyes from the sudden lights, glares and keeps your eyes safe for a long time. Also, these glasses effectively block UV rays. So, you will be protecting your eyes from every kind of light with just one pair of glasses. These glasses are expensive than regular glasses but nonetheless cost-effective. From Specscart, you can get quality transition lenses for £55. It is cheaper than other sellers. You can get these lenses made in designer glasses and also level up your style.

Stylish glasses for blue eyes

Your rare eye colour makes your glasses look also stand out. A nice outfit and stylish designer glasses are all you need to stand out. Don’t worry you can get frugal priced designer glasses from Specscart. You can also find stylish glasses to match your urban style or your chic style at affordable prices. If you are in urgent need of glasses, you can get same-day glasses nearby you. If you live near Bury or Walkden, you can check out the Specscart store and choose from the various style. Or you can sit back and relax in your home and check the online catalogue from the website. You will get hundreds of stylish glasses matching your blue eyes.

Facts about Blue Eyes

• There is about 8-10 percent of people with blue eyes. Blue eyes are rare but not the rarest. The rarest eye colour is grey with about 1 percent of people having them.
• Blue eyes do not have blue pigment in the iris. Blue is the colour that is reflected back when light falls on the eyes.
• Blue eyes are most sensitive because of the low melanin content in the iris.
• All blue eyes people have one common ancestor. Blue eyes are the result of genetic mutation 6,000 to 10,000 years ago.
• Blue eyes at birth don’t mean blue eyes for the rest of the life. More melanin content is produced during childhood, which results in a change of eye colour.
• Eye colour can differ from that of parents. Both parents with blue eyes might have a child with brown eyes. Eye colour is dependent on sixteen different genes from the parents and can result in different eye colour. (Prince George has brown eyes when his parents have blue and green eyes.)