I don't smoke or drink and wear sunglasses when in bright sunshine. Hopefully it's enough. My grandfather had cataracts but this was probably cause by smoking and sunshine.
Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?
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#32I don't. I just upgrade my prescription as my eyes worsen. You're supposed to take eyesight breaks to rest and refocus your eyes. You're also supposed to sleep 8 hours a day, eat three balanced meals, and pee standing up. I don't give a shit what the man says. I make my own rules.
I'm pretty sure peeing standing up isn't one of those things you are supposed to do. In fact, I'm happy about it since I am pretty sure I'd simply have pee down my leg. (I'm female). And I*m not sure who cares if a penis-having human stands or sits so long as they aren't peeing on my leg.
Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?
#33I try the 20/20/20 thing - every 20 mins, spends 20 seconds looking at something 20ft+ away. I wear sun glasses outside when it is even moderate bright. I take lutein, "the eye vitamin." I keep pretty far from my monitor and its elevation keeps my head in a neutral position. I also have semi-regular exams at a retina specialist to monitor some thinning.
Do you recommend a particular lutein supplement, or do you just rely on lutein in foods (e.g., leafy greens, fruit)? In your experience, what have been the benefits of lutein?
Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?
#34If I'm going to use the monitor and there is not enough light in the room, I switch on a desk lamp and brighten the general area of the monitor. That way my eyes don't get strained that much. This technique helped me a lot. I also use a 32" 4K display at 125-150% scale so, fonts are nice and big.
I do that, I never really thought of it as 'taking care of my eyes', it's just more comfortable. I have a desk lamp, and my desk backs onto a wall - I just point the lamp at the wall behind the monitor. (late 20s, better than 20/20, touch wood etc.)
Disagree on the latter though - I hate stuff big! Browser default set to 80% and a lot of things I use at 67%.
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#36As someone who suffers from recurrent corneal erosion (scratches on cornea, that are painful as hell) I incorporated a set of steps to manage this condition. 1. Daily eyelid hygiene - using special wipes to get the leftover from your eyelashes, to unblock Meibomian glands. It can dramatically improve how your eye is moistened. People who suffer from dry eye syndrome should at least try it. 2. Using eye drops daily -…
What type of wipes?
Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?
#37I look away from the monitor as often as I remember to and focus out the window on a point in the distance.
Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?
#38My optometrist suggested that about every 20-30 minutes or so I should try and pick out something on the horizon or at least several yards away and focus my eyes on it.
Sitting so close to the screen it makes sense, and the “stretch” you feel when focusing on something close and then far away has really decreased my eye strain.
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#39Women say they love mens eyes. So you have to work those out at the gym as well. I do eyelid lifts and eye rolls. 3 sets of 20 6 days a week with a rest day on Sunday. You can do these while on the treadmill and doing other excercise to increase efficiency. You can also mix in some beta carotene into your protein shake to really maximize the eye pump.
> 3 sets of 20 6 days a week
Why on earth would you do hypertrophy sets for a body part that clearly benefits more from pure max strength training? Lower those numbers to 5 sets of 3-5 reps at max intensity, and recover for at least 48 hours. At 6 days a week, you're pretty much begging for an injury.
> You can also mix in some beta carotene
Holy cow you're crazy. Stay natty my friends.
Re: Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?
#40In short - use eyes in as wide range as possible.
If working with screens a lot, I first make sure they are properly balanced (brightness/contrast/color) for the ambient light, so eyes don't receive too much energy off the screen.
Then distance it, preferrably farther than arm length, with something visible behind the monitor (not just a wall of screen). This way I can direct eyes farther away to relax.
Also good quality sleep, which at times is very much a non-trivial task.
Ah, the most critical, and both hardest and easiest task - taking breaks to give eyes and mind some rest. Advice that all parents give to kids, yet often fail to follow themselves...