This is all true, but I have to say that I hate when people insinuate that unfettered sun exposure is just the risk free answer to everything. I have Fitzpatrick level 1 skin and my opthamologist said my irises have no pigment, are basically clear. She was exaggerating obviously, since I'm not albino, but she was saying that my eyes have very little pigment to protect themselves from the sun. People like me (Northern white people) are not adapted to sun exposure, so we need sunglasses and sun protective clothing and even, gasp, sunblock depending on the environment!
Where you live makes a difference in how that sun hits ya. 4 pm driving into the sun you are BLINDED at times of the year here.
Also, cataracts run in my family and sunglasses protect my eyes against getting them (at least as soon).
I won't be giving up my Transitions any time soon.
This is all true, but I have to say that I hate when people insinuate that unfettered sun exposure is just the risk free answer to everything. I have Fitzpatrick level 1 skin and my opthamologist said my irises have no pigment, are basically clear. She was exaggerating obviously, since I'm not albino, but she was saying that my eyes have very little pigment to protect themselves from the sun. People like me (Northern white people) are not adapted to sun exposure, so we need sunglasses and sun protective clothing and even, gasp, sunblock depending on the environment!
Where you live makes a difference in how that sun hits ya. 4 pm driving into the sun you are BLINDED at times of the year here. Also, cataracts run in my family and sunglasses protect my eyes against getting them (at least as soon). I won't be giving up my Transitions any time soon.