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If you let water get into your eyes while wearing contact lenses, you can have a serious infection. Be careful.
Upper eyelid cosmetic surgery is easier to perform and is safer than lower eyelid cosmetic surgery.
You can have UV protection built in the front and back of your glasses, ask your optician.
Most Caucasian babies have blue eyes at birth.
Age related macular degeneration occurs usually at age 55: don’t take the eye  vitamins unless you have the diagnosis.
The dosage on the bottle may be too strong for you if you are normal.
Some people have one eye that is blue and the other eye that is green.
Your baby’s eye color is lighter at birth than at 6 months.
Do not share contact lenses.
If you sleep overnight in your contact lenses, you can have some serious problems.  Be careful.
Diabetes can affect your eyes at the same time it affects your kidneys.
Jumping on a trampoline as an adult can lead to a retinal problem.
Wrinkles around the eyes are aggravated by sun damage.
Washing your hands is important to fight eye infections.
AIDS has been found in tears.
Asian eyelids have an epicanthic fold, a slightly different anatomy than Caucasians.
There are female hormone receptors for eyelash growth that are different from the men.
Polarized tinted glasses are helpful in the sun for sports.
If the outer third of your eyebrows are falling out, see your doctor. You may have thyroid problems.
Glaucoma, an eye disease,  can occur at any age, from birth to old age.
The three leading causes of blindness are diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and age related macular degeneration in the US.
In some major cities in China, there is an incidence of  90% of nearsightedness among the children.
Sagging lower eyelids can be due to medication or aging.
Artificial tears are helpful for your eyes when the air is hot and dry or extreme cold.
Yellow tinted glasses are helpful at 5 pm and 7 am for sports or driving.
You can ruin the special coatings of your eyeglasses if you use alcohol or very strong detergent.
Thyroid disease can affect your eyes.
In Europe, Asia and Australia, there are eyedrops for nearsightedness.
After cataract surgery, your eyesight is brighter, usually within one week of surgery.
Colorblindness is on the X chromosome so men are more likely than women to be colorblind.
At birth, babies only see black and white.
You can lose vision when climbing up a high mountain.
After cancer treatments, the eyelashes usually grow back fully.
Nearsightedness is inherited.
If traveling abroad, do not wear your contact lens to swim or shower.
African American babies have eyes that darken at 6 months.
Smoking can cause fine wrinkles around the eyes.
Always sunglasses to protect yourself from UV light even if it is not sunny.
Diabetic people can wear soft contact lenses but under the care of an ophthalmologist or optometrist.
Reading your phone all day without a break may give you a headache.
Your tears provide antibodies to fight infection.
20% of the population have an eye that is not quite round like a sphere, but more oval, this is called astigmatism.
In the embryo, the eye is formed from the same tissue as the brain.
If you see the color red as brighter in one eye than the other, see your eye MD.
The first inventor of eye surgery instruments was in ancient Persia.
If your eyelashes are falling out, and you are not taking any medications, see your doctor.
There are now treatments for age related macular degeneration that can return the patient to driving vision.
Babies cannot see color until age 6 months.
Each blink is 400 microseconds.
Corona virus has been found in tears.
Diabetes can affect the cornea, the outside part of the eye.
Hepatitis virus has been found in tears.
Certain parasites attack the eye: pork, lamb and beef parasites.  So avoid poorly cooked pork, beef and lamb.
Rubbing your eyes is not considered good if you are very nearsighted (myopic) or if you had eye surgery even LASIK.
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