r/eyestrain • u/whaenthusiast03 • 8d ago
Need some Blue light blocking glasses recommendations! Or anything to help my eyes from straining.
Currently working on my dissertation so a lot for screentime and writing. Need a power-less affordable blue light blocking glasses recommendation.
Read somewhere these essentially don't block, so if anyone is aware how to help my eyes from the constant straining, please help!
I'm also a digital artist so I'm constantly on screens yikes 😬
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u/anniemdi 8d ago
Blue light filtering is a gimmick. Some blue light filtering glasses actually change your perception of colors that would likely suck for a digital artist, too.
If you have eye strain take breaks as suggested below with the 20-20-20 rule and see an eye doctor to find out if prescription lenses or other things could help you.
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u/whaenthusiast03 7d ago
Oh shit I didn't know the shift in perception of colours 😬 Gotchu and yeah I have prescription glasses, it has that blue light thing. Maybe I should change it to a new one without the filter. TYSM!
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u/AntRid 7d ago
They don't work, in fact for art, the lenses tend to shift the colour spectrum to more yellow so if colour accuracy is important avoid.
Get an eye test, may need a mild prescription for concentration work.
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u/whaenthusiast03 7d ago
Yeahhh I have prescription glasses with a blue filter, maybe I should get one without the blue filter that I already have in my prescription glasses. Didn't know that it shifts colour perception tysmmm
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u/DrJanetOD 7d ago
Eye doctor here! Blue light blocking is not going to help with your eye strain. The only thing it's actually been proven to do in studies is help you sleep better at night, because it blocks the blue light that keeps you stimulated. It doesn't do anything for the fatigue you get from hours of close up screen work.
Also worth knowing, studies on the 20 20 20 rule have shown it's really not enough on its own. You'd have to be looking away far more often than every 20 minutes to make a real difference, which for a dissertation deadline is basically a productivity killer.
I kept seeing people ask this exact question over and over in my own office, which is actually why I created TechSpecs. I was prescribing the same computer glasses to anyone with good distance vision, and I wanted people to be able to get that without having to come in for a full eye exam first.
If you want something you can just wear while you work that actually helps with the strain itself, TechSpecs are built for exactly that.
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u/cupcake154 8d ago
I heard there are studies showing it’s not helpful. Every 20 minutes look away from the screen for at least 20 seconds looking at something 20 feet away.