10/21/2025
🚨 🚩Eye Red Flags: Stop Doing These! 👀
You only get one pair of eyes—don’t test their limits.
Here are some habits that make eye doctors everywhere cringe:
🚩Sleeping in your contacts – It’s like locking bacteria in a warm, cozy jail cell… on your cornea.
🚩Ignoring the 20-20-20 rule – Every 20 minutes, look 20 feet away for 20 seconds. Your eyes are not meant to marathon screens all day.
🚩Using old or shared eye drops – Cross-contamination is real. Eye infections love this move.
🚩Skipping sunglasses – UV light ages your eyes just like it does your skin. Cataracts, macular degeneration—need we say more?
🚩Applying eyeliner inside your lash line – That’s where your oil glands live. Block them, and hello, dry eye.
🚩Ignoring chronic redness, pain, or blurred vision – Those aren’t “just allergies.” Get checked.
✨ Takeaway: Your eyes deserve better. Treat them like the priceless lenses they are.
Even if you don’t, we are here to care for your eyes!
📍 Southern Eye Institute — Keeping Houma’s eyes healthy, happy, and seeing clearly.
