My first experience with blue light came when I stumbled across the “blue light filter” setting on my phone. Not knowing what it meant, I clicked on it and the screen changed hues. Even though I knew nothing about blue light, I immediately realized that the purpose was to reduce eye strain. I hadn’t even realized how uncomfortable it was to look at my phone until the discomfort was gone!
Fast forward a few months later, I stumbled across a Facebook ad showing cute glasses from Klassy that filtered out the blue light from your computer screen. I immediately bookmarked the page but didn’t purchase because I wanted to think about it for awhile. I was just as tempted by the cuteness as I was by the function… so I had to make sure I was buying for the right reasons hehehe… The practice of not making impulse purchases has saved me a lot of mula over the years!
Since I run a digital magazine, website, and social media accounts, I look at a screen a LOT. A lot = all day. Needless to say, I experience quite a bit of eye fatigue, especially when I’m reading a lot of content. After thinking about it for awhile, ordering the glasses just made sense and after 7 months of use, I don’t regret it.
The effects of blue light and my experience with it…
Blue light causes eye fatigue, but it’s also said to cause blurry vision, dry eyes, neck pain, headaches, and sleeping difficulties. Whenever I hear claims like these I take it with a grain of salt. I have not seen any scientific research on the subject, nor have I looked for it. I can only tell you what my experience has been:
- Eye strain: After using the glasses for a few days, I did notice that my eyes weren’t as strained and they felt better at the end of the work day than they used to.
- Headaches: The pressure behind my eyes (not quite as bad as a headache) that I would get sometimes also went away when I used the glasses consistently.
- Blurred vision: My eyes never got blurry unless my eyes were super tired. I experience this less now.
- Dry eyes: I still get dry eyes, but it’s because I sometimes focus too hard and forget to blink, ha!
- Sleeping: Supposedly blue light reduces your meletonin levels and disrupts sleep patterns. I didn’t really pay attention to how my sleep was effected before and after using the glasses.
An unexpected bonus…
Overall, I’m definitely glad I purchased the glasses and there was a suprising bonus to wearing these. Putting them on every time I sat down at the computer seemed to help my mental focus. It was as if I was going into “work mode” and my brain knew it was time to make magic happen. The oposite is also true for the end of the work day. I’ve always struggled to switch off of work mode and into family mode, but taking off the glasses is another signal to my brain that work is done and it’s time to take a break.
To be honest, this is the main reason I now wear the glasses consistently. Yes, they help with eye strain, but I’m more in love with how they affect my focus level!
Important! Make sure you take your glasses off when doing any sort of graphic design! The blue light filter does distort the colors on your screen a little. I always check my designs without glasses on before completeing a project.
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