Christmas Can Be A Sight For Sore Eyes – Looking After Your Eye Health This Festive Season

Looking After Your Eye Health This Festive Season | AD

The Christmas season is the perfect time to enjoy a break from work, school and stress, while spending quality time with your loved ones. Opticians would like to remind you to also give your eyes a well-earned rest this festive season. The dazzling Christmas lights look amazing and the Christmas movie marathons are lots of fun but can leave you with sore, tired and watery eyes over the holidays. 

Optometrist Mark Holloway from Thomas & Holloway Opticians comments:

“During the Christmas break, people can easily clock up more than 60 hours in front of screens watching their favourite films, shopping online or catching up with friends and family on social media”

“Add in bright, flashing lights from Christmas trees and outdoor decorations and it’s a recipe for eye strain and irritation”

Christmas Eye Care with TheraTears® 

The festive season often brings an increase in people struggling with dry and tired eyes. Central heating, cold winter air and long periods of screen use can all leave eyes feeling gritty and fatigued. 

To help relieve any sore eyes, try TheraTears® Dry or Tired eye drops. These are specially formulated to alleviate discomfort caused by eye dryness and environmental eye stress. Hyaluronic acid restores and retains moisture while Ginkgo biloba helps to soothe eyes. 

TheraTears® Screen Eyes is specially developed to relieve eye strain as a result of extended screen time. The unique 5-in-1 formulation reduces eye strain, relieves irritation, refreshes, hydrates and whitens eyes all in one easy-to-use product that is fast becoming a movie marathon survival guide essential.

Alongside using eye drops, opticians also recommend a few simple ways to look after eye health throughout the festive period:

• Have Regular Breaks. Adopt the 20-20-20 routine; every 20 minutes, look away from screens for 20 seconds and focus on something 20 metres away to give eyes a break.
• Keep Your Body Hydrated
• Adjust Screen Brightness
• Eat Foods Rich in Vitamin A and Omega-3s (such as carrots, leafy greens, and oily fish) to support healthy vision. 

This Christmas, enjoy the festivities without forgetting about eye health. A little extra care can help ensure that eyes are twinkling just like the Christmas lights!

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