During COVID-19, more people are putting on their facemasks outdoors or while at work. Many of those who wear glasses are also finding that their lenses fog up.
Why is that?
If your eyeglasses are fogging when you put on a face mask, it’s simply because the warm and moist air you exhale is being directed up to your glasses.
How to stop the fogging?
In order to stop the fogging, you need to block your breath from reaching the surfaces of your lenses.
1. Make sure your mask is snug around the bridge of your nose and pull your glasses to increase air circulation. When the top of your mask is tight and the bottom looser, it helps direct your exhaled breath away from your eyes.
2. Rub a small drop of liquid soap on the inside your lenses and wipe off. Washing the lenses with soapy water leaves behind a thin surfactant film that causes the water molecules to spread out evenly into a transparent layer,” ; it’s called ‘surfactant effect’ and widely utilised to misting of surfaces in many everyday situations.”
3. Try Anti-fog spray.
Anti-fog solution are used for scuba masks or ski goggles also accomplish this.
Remember to cover your mouth and nose at all time. It doesn’t matter which mask you are wearing 👌🏾