Pinhole glasses - like sunglasses with a grid of tiny holes - are the natural alternative to prescription glasses or lenses for people with short-sightedness, long-sightedness, presbyopia, astigmatism, eyestrain, VDU users or tired eyes. You can use pinhole glasses while doing everyday tasks such as reading or watching TV to achieve better sight. All the time you are wearing them you are, in fact, and with no deliberate actions, improving your sight through natural eye muscle exercise.

Better sight
Many people are able to give up using conventional glasses altogether when they exercise regularly for only fifteen minutes a day. Many experts believe that pinhole glasses are much more effective than eye exercise techniques, such as the Bates method. However, if you use both methods, the benefits will be even greater.

Reduce heart rate, tension and headaches
Pinholes have also been connected to reduced heart rates when worn by VDU users. Tests indicate that, because the eye has to focus on a fixed point (your computer screen), after a few minutes, heart rate (one of the best indications of stress) can increase by around 5%. This is enough to cause tension in the shoulders and lead to headaches.

Because pinholes are smaller than the eye’s normal pupil size they relax the eye without losing the clarity of the image. The reduced tension in the eye is felt immediately and heart rate returns to normal within minutes.

How to use
Wear pinhole glasses for five minutes a day for the first few days, continuing to wear your normal glasses or contact lenses the rest of the time. Then build up to 15-20 minutes daily. As you get used to pinhole glasses you will find that the pinholes may seem to disappear and any initial multiple images will also diminish.

Once you are used to pinhole glasses, try wearing them while watching TV or reading. You will be amazed at the effect.

Prescription glasses and contact lenses
Neither prescription glasses nor contact lenses will improve your eyes' innate ability to focus because, rather than exercise your eye muscles, they focus your sight for you. The chances are that you will require stronger and stronger glasses/lenses as you grow older.

IMPORTANT
(i) The use of pinhole glasses does not replace the services of your eye specialist. If you are concerned about the welfare of your eyes, please consult your eye specialist. Pinhole glasses are not designed to correct, remedy or relieve any anatomical or physiological defects of sight, which should be referred to an optometrist.

(ii) Pinhole glasses should not be worn when driving or doing anything requiring maximum peripheral vision.

These pinhole glasses come with a protective wallet and instructions on how to carry out additional eye exercises to strengthen the eye muscles and bring you better sight.

Buy a pair of pinhole glasses and get 20% off a second pair: one pair - £15, two pairs - £25

More about pinhole glasses
Frequently asked questions
How pinhole glasses work
How to use pinhole glasses
The history of pinhole glasses
Dr. Peter Mansfield's take on pinhole sunglasses
Bates Method Store's take on pinhole glasses
Some eye exercises
Pinhole glasses sight benefit diagrams

An excellent book on eye exercises is Harry Benjamin's Better sight without glasses. Sadly, this is now out of print, but remaindered and second-hand copies are still available via Amazon and Alibris.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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