Choosing sunglasses is not that tough a chore.

You see, you don’t need to spend a lot of money to get a pair of sunglasses that protect your eyes and look good too.

Also, an expensive pair of designer sunglasses does not necessarily equate to good shades.

Picking out the best pair of sunglasses for yourself is, in fact, quite a simple affair.

There are lots of different shapes, colors, tints, materials, lenses available in the market.

Here’s some advice on how you should choose:

- Make sure that the sunglasses you want to buy filter/absorb no less than 99% of all UV-A and UV-B rays. This offers the best ever protection for your eyes. Just because the lenses are dark does not mean they offer UV protection.

- Several tints are available out of which gray and green are the least distortive and most protective.

- It is important that you choose the material of the lenses carefully. There are quite a few options to choose from – photo chromatic, polarized, polycarbonate or the more traditional glass.

- Depending on usage and range of exposure to sunlight, you can choose the one that fits your activity description best.

- For people with presbyopia or prescription lenses, the option of getting prescription sunglasses is also available. They are better as they offer both correct vision and UV protection.

Keeping the above pointers in mind, remember it’s not just fashionable to sport sunglasses.

Since frames are very personalized, nothing ever goes out of fashion.

Stick to frames and lenses that you like and are comfortable with and go soak up some sun!

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