Our eyesight is very precious. It is one sense that if we lose it we cannot get it back. Take one eye out and we have trouble with depth perception and our field of vision is reduced by 50%. We don’t realize how important something is to us until we have it taken from us. Is our eyesight something we want to risk? Wearing safety glasses during play or any physical activity can help to ensure that we keep our eyesight as long as our bodies will let us.

Most eye injuries that occur will happen while a person is taking part in a physical activity. That activity could be motorcycling or playing tennis. No matter the activity the risk of eye injury is still there. The best way to prevent injury to our eyeballs is to wear protective glasses.

Protective glasses or safety glasses come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Some may be more comfortable for you to wear than others. Some may be more stylish than others as well. No matter the shape or the size there are a few key factors to look for when selecting those pair of safety glasses.

When looking for the perfect eye protection for you or someone you know it is best to find some that have polycarbonate lenses. Polycarbonate lenses are a type of anti-shatter plastic that can withstand the force of a flying baseball.

When typical lenses get smacked they tend to break into lots of little pieces and with the force coming towards a person the momentum will carry those little shards into that person’s eye. You can see how this can cause more damage than it helped. Anti-shatter lenses will not break up but instead come out as a whole lens which will be less damaging to the eye.

Remember that most eye injuries occur while people are engaged in some sort of physical activity and the best way to prevent major injury to our eyes is by wearing protective glasses.