MYTH
- Reading in dim light is harmful to your eyes.
- It is not harmful to watch a welder or look at the sun if you squint, or look through narrowed eyelids.
- Using a computer, or video display terminal (VDT), is harmful to the eyes.
- If you use your eyes too much, you wear them out.
- Wearing poorly-fit glasses damages your eyes.
- Wearing poorly-fit contacts does not harm your eyes.
- You do not need to have your eyes checked until you are in your 40s or 50s.
- Safety goggles are more trouble than they are worth.
- It is okay to swim while wearing soft contact lenses.
- Children outgrow crossed eyes.
- A cataract must be ripe before it can be removed.
- Cataracts can be removed with lasers.
- Eyes can be transplanted.
Normal anatomical structures of the human eye.
