Can't Put Down Your Phone? Here Are Blue-Light Glasses For Better Sleep

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No, you're not seeing double: These blue light glasses might help as you work from home. (Photo: HuffPost )
No, you're not seeing double: These blue light glasses might help as you work from home. (Photo: HuffPost )

It’s just another sign of the times: You’ve probably become numb to the reminder from your iPhone saying that your screen time this week was up.

And while you might be thinking ‘what’s a week’ nowadays, in between Zoom meetings with co-workers, FaceTime calls with friends, and finishing up “Tiger King,” you might be finding yourself staring at all your screens a lot more.

As a precaution, you might have looked into blue-light-blocking glasses, which (as the name gives away) block blue light and have become pretty popular in recent years, per their claims of reducing eye strain and improving sleep.

As the Cleveland Clinic explains, staring at a screen all day can cause physical discomfort, including headaches and dry eyes, due to something called computer vision syndrome, or digital eye strain. Doctors don’t recommend blue-light glasses for dealing with discomfort from digital eye strain during the day, but rather giving your eyes frequent breaks, sitting farther from the screen and using eye drops.

Blue light has been known to mess with your sleep cycle. according to the <a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/blue-light-digital-eye-strain" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">American Academy of Ophthalmology</a>. That&rsquo;s because blue light messes with your body&rsquo;s <a href="https://health.clevelandclinic.org/put-the-phone-away-3-reasons-why-looking-at-it-before-bed-is-a-bad-habit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">circadian rhythm</a>&nbsp;&mdash; basically what signals your brain to sleep when it&rsquo;s dark and stay up when it&rsquo;s light.&nbsp; (Photo: Luis Alvarez via Getty Images)

Digital devices also release blue light, which isn’t linked to eye disease or eye strain, but has been known to mess with your sleep cycle, according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology. That’s because blue light messes with your body’s circadian rhythm — basically what signals your brain to sleep when it’s dark and stay up when it’s light.

While professionals agree the best advice for getting more sleep is putting the phone away before bedtime, we’ve all been guilty of a little late-night scrolling and sleeping next to our phones. So it might be worth slipping on a pair of blue-light-blocking glasses before bedtime while using your devices. Sweet dreams, blue light.

There are a lot of blue-light glasses out there from eyewear brands like Felix Gray and Warby Parker. So we kept our eyes out and found blue light glasses that you’ll actually want to wear while you’re working from home, binge-watching or scrolling through social media.

Take a peek at these blue light glasses:

EBDBlue Plus Dazzle

<a href="https://fave.co/2X80Y2A" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Find them for $63 at EyeBuyDirect</a>.

Felix Gray Faraday

<a href="https://fave.co/3dWq0aW" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Find them starting at $95 at Felix Gray</a>.

Quay x Chrissy All Nighter

<a href="https://fave.co/2JFU3p2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Find it for $55 at Quay Australia</a>.

I-SEA Geometric Blue Light Glasses

<a href="https://fave.co/3dQxHiE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Find them for $28 at Anthropologie</a>.

The Book Club Donkey Goaty 56mm Reading Glasses

<a href="https://fave.co/2UYT6O1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Find them for $40 at Nordstrom</a>.

EBDBlue Plus Intense

<a href="https://fave.co/3bPTmWA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Find them for $68 at EyeBuyDirect</a>.

Felix Gray Hamilton

<a href="https://fave.co/3bOrnpZ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Find them starting at $95 at Felix Gray</a>.

Quay Hardwire Mini

<a href="https://fave.co/2JBhikr" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Find them for $55 at Quay Australia</a>.

DIFF Eyewear Selena

<a href="https://fave.co/2X82txK" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Find them for $85 at DIFF Eyewear</a>.

The Book Club Just Picture Victorian Bae 52mm Reading Glasses

<a href="https://fave.co/2V1E7CW" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Find them for $40 at Nordstrom</a>.

EBDBlue Plus Escape

<a href="https://fave.co/2yrTBsg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Find them for $54 at EyeBuyDirect</a>.

Felix Gray Turing

<a href="https://fave.co/39GQ3j1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Find them starting at $95 at Felix Gray</a>.

Quay I See You

<a href="https://fave.co/2VdfvHJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Find them for $55 at Quay Australia</a>.

DIFF Eyewear

<a href="https://fave.co/2xRpKcn" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Find them for $85 at DIFF Eyewear</a>.

J.Crew Round Blue-Light Glasses

<a href="https://fave.co/2x06c5H" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Find them for $40 at J.Crew</a>.

Bunny Eyez The Gracie 53mm Blue Light Blocking Reading Glasses

<a href="https://fave.co/3bMogio" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Find them for $40 at Nordstrom</a>.

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