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That is why it is so important to protect our eyes with sunglasses that provide 100% UV-A and UV-B protection from the front and the sides. It's also important to let your adult children know that protecting their eyes as teens or young adults may help to reduce their risk of developing AMD.

An article called Sunlight and the 10-Year Incidence of Age-Related Maculopathy found in Arch Ophthalmol. 2004;122:750-757 found that, "participants exposed to the summer sun for more than 5 hours a day during their teens, in their 30s, and at the baseline examination were at a higher risk of developing increased retinal pigment and early age related macular degeneration by 10 years than those exposed less than 2 hours per day during the same periods."

However the study also found that those who had the highest summer sun exposure in their teens and 30's but used hats and sunglasses at least half the time had a decreased risk of developing soft drusen and retinal pigment epithelial depigmentation.

The authors reported that, "Consistent with results from the baseline and 5-year follow-up examinations, significant associations were found between extended exposure to the summer sun and the 10-year incidence of early ARM and increased retinal pigment."

Wear wrap around sunglasses as part of your macular degeneration prevention program or something you can do daily to help protect your eyes from free radical damage.

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