Light coloured Eyes and the sun

[vickster]

I have brown eyes and it hurts when I look at the sun

Shouldn’t look directly at the sun whatever colour your eyes!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Not sure colour of eyes has anything to do with it. Not wearing appropriate sunglasses is the problem.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Not sure colour of eyes has anything to do with it. Not wearing appropriate sunglasses is the problem.

The darker your eyes, the more melanin, a bit like with skin, so lighter eyes do suffer more.

I have blue/grey eyes and I hate bright specular sunshine as I can't see properly without scrunching up my eyes, even with sunglasses and even then, my vision is still compromised at times. Oh and they water like mad too.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I have quite light skin and light (blue) coloured eyes

I find Med/tropical sun dazzling at first but after a while I have to be reminded to use sunglasses as I can cope fine in the bright sun

Dunno why - always been like that

 

[mistyoptic]

Anyone else suffer really bad eye pain in the sun - usually on holiday, as a Manchester local we don't see much.

In Gran Canaria now, and yesterday I was fine, but today the pain is bad. Forgot the reactive glasses this morn. Speaking to one of the bar staff now and he says he suffers as he has light coloured eyes (Spanish). Mine are a green grey colour. MrsF datk brown.

Had the same issue when we came here about 4 years ago. Too bright, and were just into may.

It is possible to sunburn your corneas. Too much uv. Commonly caused by reflecting light off water or on skiing holidays (snow blindness). Rest and shade are helpful plus good uv protection going forward

 

[cougie uk]

I spend quite a lot of time outdoors so I wear my sunglasses a lot of the time. I've never heard any link to the colour of your eyes before though ?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I spend quite a lot of time outdoors so I wear my sunglasses a lot of the time. I've never heard any link to the colour of your eyes before though ?

Pretty sure I've heard it mentioned before - The lighter your eyes, the more you are prone to having problems.

Not sure colour of eyes has anything to do with it. Not wearing appropriate sunglasses is the problem.

The darker your eyes, the more melanin and so on, a bit like with skin, so lighter eyes do suffer more.

I have blue/grey eyes and I hate bright specular sunshine as I can't see properly without scrunching up my eyes, even with sunglasses and even then, my vision is still compromised at times. Oh and they water like mad too (I don't suffer from hayfever or anything, they just water... In fact, they do most of the time anyway, sunshine or not).

 

[welsh dragon]

I am fair skinned and have blue eyes. I tend to wear sunglasses lot especially when I'm driving.

Bright sunshine can give me headaches as Well and my eyes can sting at times especially if it is hot as well as sunny so my sunglasses are a must. Even in the winter I wear them.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Oh and why are there two threads with the same title?

Should've gone to Specsavers?

 

[Joffey]

Does anyone sneeze when they look at the sun?

 

[Drago]

Randolph Engineering Aviators. Avoiding headaches never looked so cool.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Does anyone sneeze when they look at the sun?

Any bright light, not just the sun. Yes, although often I also need to sniff a few times to trigger the resulting 'release'* sneeze.



* - The sneeze get's 'stuck' in my head and I need to get rid of it.
A 'trapped' sneeze also makes me feel nauseous.

 

[TheDoctor]

Just merged the two threads. Hope that's not made it nonsensical...

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Just merged the two threads. Hope that's not made it nonsensical...

What? 😆

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The darker your eyes, the more melanin, a bit like with skin, so lighter eyes do suffer more.

Hmm, but it’s the size of the pupil that determines how much light reaches your optical nerve, not the iris?🧐