In the summer heat, sunglasses are a cool must-have summer item for those fashion conscious new moms. There are even many moms who buy their babies several pairs of sunglasses in different colors and styles to match different clothes and participate in different activities. Children’s sunglasses, just cool? Are sunglasses suitable for children or not? How should I buy sunglasses for my baby? Sunglasses, to wear or not to wear? Children can wear sunglasses. The main purpose of wearing sunglasses is to block UV damage to the eyes. The cornea and lens of the human eye are the eye tissues that are most vulnerable to UV damage. Burning of the eye by UV radiation can cause severe eye pain, dryness, tearing, gritty foreign body sensation, redness of the eyelid skin, conjunctival congestion, and edema. Ophthalmic diseases such as pterygium, solar keratitis, chronic conjunctivitis, and cataracts are associated with UV light. Children’s eyes are delicate and more susceptible to light damage. Therefore, children need to wear sunglasses even more. Qualified sunglasses can block UV rays and protect the eyes from UV damage. In the hot sun, a pair of good quality and stylish looking sunglasses can both protect the eyes and look instantly cool. Poor quality sunglasses should never be worn. On the market, some businesses use poor materials, inexpensive glass or other poor quality materials to make sunglasses, these poor quality materials not only can not block ultraviolet light, but also lead to very low visible light transmission rate, completely incompatible with the physiological requirements of the human eye, wear no UV protection function of sunglasses than not wear more eye damage. In addition, poor quality sunglasses may be due to incorrect diopter, easy to cause visual fatigue. Wearing such sunglasses can cause more damage to the eyes. How to buy sunglasses for baby? For new mothers, the most reliable way to buy quality sunglasses is to go to optical specialty stores and regular optical stores to buy sunglasses. 1, first of all, we should pay attention to the UV mark, the vast majority of sunglasses UV index between 96%-98%, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration standards, the lens to protect the light transmission at the same time, to filter out more than 90% of the sun’s ultraviolet rays, the lens should be labeled “UV-100PROTCT10N The lenses should be labeled “UV-100PROTCT10N”. 2, the lens color to gray, teal, green better, do not choose blue lenses. After wearing sunglasses, should feel the color of the surrounding environment is not distorted, the edge of the object is clear, and can identify different color traffic lights. Choose sunglasses for children under 6 years old to pay attention to the color to be lighter. Wear sunglasses in the mirror, to be able to see the pupil, that the color depth is appropriate. 3, the lens material to resin sheet is good. Resin lenses are light weight, not easy to be broken, children are best to choose resin lenses. 4, check the quality of the lens, the surface of the lens should be smooth, no warpage, abrasion marks, bubbles, the lens can not be too thin. 5, Of course, fashion and image are indeed important considerations. What should I pay attention to when wearing glasses for children? Children should not wear sunglasses for long periods of time. children under 6 years old are not well developed visually and wearing sunglasses for long periods of time can increase the risk of amblyopia. Some children wear sunglasses to look cool, regardless of the time and occasion, whether indoor or outdoor, always wear them, which is harmful to the eyes. Whether or not to wear sunglasses is determined by the intensity of the sun’s rays. When the sun’s rays are strong, or when the sun’s rays are reflected from the surrounding environment (such as on a large reflective surface of water), you need to wear sunglasses, otherwise you don’t need to wear them.