After cataract surgery, the night-driving advice pours in, and most of it starts with carrots. That advice was made for an aging eye. Yours had its lens swapped for a clear new one. Here's what that changes after dark.
See GlareCut glassesCataract surgery replaces the lens, at the front. Vitamin A works at the retina, in the back.
In 1940, Britain's air force had a secret radar that found enemy planes in the dark. To hide it, the government gave carrots the credit. Posters even told families that carrots would help them see in the blackouts.
Carrots give the back of your eye vitamin A. That helps night vision only if you're low on it, which is rare in the U.S. And cataract surgery didn't change the back of your eye. It changed the front.
The lens you were born with slowly turns a faint yellow. Everyone's does. That tint works like a filter. It soaks up part of the blue light before it reaches the back of your eye.
The standard replacement lens is crystal clear. It's sharper in almost every way, which is why the surgery feels like a success. But the yellow filter left with your old lens, and nothing took its place.
Think back to headlights from 20 years ago. They had a warm, yellow-white glow. Newer cars use LED headlights that look sharp and blue-white. Their light peaks around 445 to 455 nanometers.
That's the same blue your old lens used to soak up. A University of Michigan study found that bluer headlights cause more glare discomfort. Your new lens stopped filtering blue just as the roads filled up with it.
At your eye exams, the doctor used drops to open your pupils wide. For hours after, everything looked too bright. Even a lamp felt harsh. That's what a wide pupil does.
Your pupils do a smaller version of that every night on their own. A wider pupil lets in more light, and more headlight blue with it. That's part of why the same road feels so different after dark.
Prescription glasses bend light so things look sharp. They let the blue pass right through. An anti-glare coating doesn't change that. It cuts reflections, but the blue still gets in.
So after surgery, headlight blue has a clear path. It goes through your glasses, through your clear new lens, and lands on the back of your eye. Nothing along the way filters it. That's the gap GlareCut was made to close.
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Your old lens isn't coming back, and other drivers won't swap their headlights. What you can do is put a blue filter back in front of your eye. GlareCut Night Driving Glasses are tuned to the 445–455nm band, and most other light passes through.
Yes, the lenses look amber. Anything that blocks blue does, even the lens you were born with. A drugstore tint dims everything. GlareCut aims at one band, so headlights stay bright with less glare around them.
Illustration: an LED headlight without the filter, and with it.
- After dark, sit in your parked car facing the street.
- Watch a few headlights pass without the glasses.
- Put them on and watch a few more.
- Compare the starbursts around each light.
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A night drive with the fit-over pair on.
The drive home, without bracing for it.
Every set includes a pair that slips on over regular glasses.
Two independent sources you can look up yourself.
Drivers rated bluer-looking LED headlights as more uncomfortable to face. Glare discomfort rose with the amount of blue.
University of Michigan (UMTRI), 2005Clear lens implants let in more blue light than the aging natural lens they replace.
U.S. National Library of MedicineReal comments, word for word.
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They look alike, since any lens that blocks blue looks amber. GlareCut is tuned to the narrow band of blue that LED headlights put out. It doesn't dim all the light. You get 30 nights to judge for yourself.
Yes. Every set includes a pair built to go over prescription glasses, bifocals, progressives, and readers. The frame is lightweight polycarbonate. If surgery left you without glasses, wear them on their own. No prescription needed.
The fit-over pair, with prescription glasses inside.
Night Relief is one pair that fits over glasses. The Complete Set adds a standard pair for driving without glasses, so you're covered either way. The Couple's Set has two of each, for two drivers.
Wet roads bounce headlights back at you, so rain adds glare. GlareCut filters the same blue band whether it comes straight from a headlight or off the wet road.
Multifocal lenses can add rings around lights. Those come from the lens design, and no filter removes them. GlareCut targets the blue glare and starbursts from LED headlights. You get 30 nights to see if that's the part bothering you.
Yes, glare has other causes too. If your vision is cloudy, blurry, or getting worse, see your eye doctor. A hazy film can form behind the new lens after surgery. Doctors can clear it with a quick laser treatment. Glasses can't fix that.
Orders ship within 2 business days. The delivery window is 4 to 7 business days after that. Ordering by mid-October leaves time to have them before the clocks change on November 1.
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Wear them on the roads you actually drive. If they're not for you, email us for a full refund.
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Sources: Smithsonian Magazine, "Carrots Can't Help You See in the Dark." National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements, Vitamin A fact sheet. U.S. National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov study NCT00403143. University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, "Blue Content of LED Headlamps and Discomfort Glare" (2005).
This page is an advertisement for GlareCut™ Night Driving Glasses. Some photos and video are illustrations, show models, or are digitally generated. GlareCut glasses are not a medical device. They do not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition, and they do not correct vision. They are made to reduce glare from LED headlights. Results vary. See your eye doctor about any change in your vision.
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