Eyes are your most expressive facial feature. A woman's eyes are her best beauty asset and they express moods and emotions. The simplest and the most dramatic way to enhance your appearance is to play up your eyes with make up. Too much strain on your eyes or sickness takes away some of the beauty and brightness of your eyes.
Vision is a gift to be cherished. Maintaining good vision and taking care of our eyes is a relatively simple task for the vast majority. In this section, we will learn the art of taking care of our eyes and ensuring perfect sight for the greater part of our lives.
The number of people with visual problems is truly staggering. In a developed country like the United States, it is estimated that more than two million people lose partial vision every year and almost a quarter of this number become totally blind. The figures in India are expected to be several times more than two million.
Eye Examination:
Annual eye examinations are strongly recommended for everyone. It also serves as a precaution. The benefits of annual eye examination are that it:
- Detects near and far sightedness at an early stage
- Detects astigmatism
- Detects serious diseases like glaucoma
- Detects cataracts
- Detects systemic diseases like diabetes and hypertension
Tips for preserving good sight:
Besides an annual eye examination, some simple steps can be followed that can help preserve good sight. They are:
- Avoid meddling with the eyes as far as possible such as rubbing the eyes often, or squeezing them. If there is significant irritation in the eyes, consult your eye doctor.
- Avoid looking directly at the sun, welding electrodes or any other source of very bright, intense light.
- Try to watch television from a minimum of six screen lengths from the set, which is the recommended distance. Also watching television for very long hours every day has been known to cause eyestrain.
- If you have any systemic diseases like hypertension or diabetes, see your eye doctor right away. The eyes are very often damaged in these conditions and early detection and treatment is crucial.
- Do not use excessive eyeliners or other makeup material for the eye. Some of these could irritate and cause problems for the eye.
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