1. Sunglasses
Your sunglasses are likely to pick up germs from different surfaces such as restaurant tables, handbags or even from your hands after you’ve touched a surface that hasn’t been properly cleaned and sanitized. And, unlike your wallet and keys, a pair of sunglasses can’t be tucked away in your pocket, so that’s why they are more exposed.
“[Sunglasses] get tossed around without a thought behind it,” says Abe Malkin, MD, founder and medical director of Concierge MD LA. “Placed on our shirt collars, thrown in our car, in and out of its case without sanitation for days, albeit weeks at a time. It’s shielding our eyes from harmful UV rays, but not the droplets of a cough or sneeze,” he added.
