GLASSES FOR 13-19 YEAR OLDS

The typical teenager is often always on-the-go with a busy lifestyle; due to this, they may not always stop and notice straight away when something isn’t right with their vision. What’s more, many eye conditions don’t present obvious symptoms until the damage is already done.

It’s important that you understand the potential risks to your vision during your teenage years, as it can help you understand how to prevent or manage any problems in the future.

Glasses for teenagers are very common, especially since myopia generally develops during puberty. During these adolescence years, it is key that you are taking the right steps towards maintaining healthy eyes and vision. This includes attending regular eye examinations every 2 years.

There are a number of factors that can play a role in healthy vision amongst teenagers. Today’s teenagers live in a world where everything is driven by digital. Frequent use of digital devices can result in something known as eye strain, which may manifest itself in the form of headaches or tired, dry or itchy eyes.

Regular headaches can often be a sign that something isn’t right with your vision; it could mean you have a refractive error. Your optician will be able to check this, and dispense the right glasses for teenagers if necessary.

You might need to wear glasses if you often experience trouble seeing the board at school or college, or if you struggle to read the text of a book. This is a key indicator of myopia or hypermetropia, respectively.

One of the most common vision problems in teenagers is computer vision syndrome, which is closely linked with eye strain. Continued focus on a digital screen, without frequent breaks, can result in irritation, headaches, eye strain and even muscle pain in the shoulders, neck or back.

It’s important that the right glasses for teenagers are dispensed, depending on the individual vision needs. If you spend a lot of time working, playing or socialising on digital devices, you would probably benefit from a pair of Eyezen lenses.

Eyezen have been designed specifically to reduce and even prevent eye strain, perfect for those who love spending hours scrolling on social media. They are an ideal lens solution to support an active, digitally-driven lifestyle. However, it is still essential that you take regular breaks from your digital screen in order to maintain healthy vision. Getting plenty of time outdoors can help the growth of your eyes when you’re in your teens, your eyes still continue to grow up until around the age of 20 and remember the 20-20-20 rule, every 20 minutes of looking at a screen take a break for 20 seconds by looking at something 20 feet away.

Teenagers can spend a lot of time both indoors and outside, often going from one to the other frequently throughout the day. As most teenagers are particularly fashion-conscious, it’s key to find the right glasses that will offer protection from UV light while also offering style.

Transitions Style Colours can protect your vision from harmful light, with automatic adaptation to suit the surrounding light conditions. With 4 different tint colours to choose from, these glasses for teenagers can combine the lenses with a stylish frame.  

It’s important that glasses for teenagers can stand the test of time; with such busy, active lifestyles, glasses should be a help, not a hindrance. Crizal lens coatings can offer scratch-resistant properties that will help teenagers make the most of their glasses, creating a durable solution for clear vision.

In particular, Crizal Prevencia can provide additional support for eye health by selectively filtering out harmful UV and Blue-Violet light, which can have a cumulative effect resulting in premature eye ageing(1).