Relax Your Eye Muscles With Pinhole Glasses

By Author: Mike Lamb
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It has been observed that poor eye sight is caused by strain in the eye muscles. Very rarely is anyone born with poor eye sight. When the eyes begin to have problems in focusing, it is normally corrected by the use of corrective lens to resolve the focusing problem. However, the corrective lens does not in any way help remove the strain to the eye muscles and rectify the problem from the root. The deterioration process continues and you have to keep increasing the power of the lens to improve the focus. This shortcoming is overcome by the use of pinhole glasses.

One would tend ask what are pinhole glasses and how does it help. Pinhole glasses look similar to sunglasses, but have a grid of tiny holes. It is also called the distributor Stenopeic glasses or glasses with multiple holes. It has seven rows of pinholes of a specified size placed at specific intervals on an opaque plastic sheet. These ...
... pinhole eyeglasses are required to be worn for 15-20 minutes every day to improve the eye sight.

The concept behind this is that in weak eye sight, the large number of light rays entering the eye does not focus at the same point on the retina. Some focus behind the retina and some short of the retina, thus creating a blur circle. When a pinhole lens is used, only those rays which form a focus on the retina are allowed to enter thus eliminating the blur. If the glasses have multiple pinholes, many images which are focused on the retina are formed leading to a clear and focused image. The eye muscles do not have to strain, as, only focused rays are entering the eye. This relaxes the eye muscles.

It takes time for the eyes to adjust to the honeycomb effect of the pinhole glasses. Initially one focuses on the plastic sheet rather than on the light coming through the pinholes. Soon the eyes get attuned to the focused light coming through the pinholes and get adjusted. It is best to wear the pinhole glasses while reading or watching TV but not while driving. There are a number of exercises you can do while wearing the pinhole glasses so as to exercise the eye muscles.


Mike has been writing and publishing articles about health products. He recently came across a website on pinhole glasses which gave information about this old technique of using pinhole glasses for eyesight correction. Here's an article about pinhole glasses.