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Anecdata Alert: I got my eyes checked last time I was back in the UK because it's cheaper to get new glasses there than in NZ. My prescription has dropped from
by FooHentai 7y ago
Anecdata Alert:
I got my eyes checked last time I was back in the UK because it's cheaper to get new glasses there than in NZ. My prescription has dropped from about -5 to -4 since the last checkup. The optometrist was surprised as 'that never happens', but her theory is that a decade of living in a country with higher UV exposure is the cause.
There's other quality-of-life improvements I could peg on catching more sun (better mood, alertness) but there's downsides as well (melanoma risk++).
- jeffwass 7y agoOut of curiosity is the fraction of time you spend indoors vs outdoors similar between the UK and NZ? (Asking as someone living in the UK noticing his eyesight getting a little worse every year)
- FooHentai 7y agoNo, I generally spend more time here outdoors. Mostly because spring/summer/autumn has a greater portion of time where being outdoors is easy, versus a shorter period in the UK. On top of that though, I'm spending less time in built-up/shaded areas just because there's fewer of them to be found here. All of it's nudging-the-needle kinda change, my lifestyle isn't vastly different to how it was.