Emo kids really have something to cry about now, because it turns out their vision-obscuring haircuts are causing lazy eye.
Optometrists Association of Tasmania education director Andrew Hogan warned that amblyopia, the medical term for lazy eye, can result from obstructed vision caused by hair. “If a young emo chap has a fringe covering one eye all the time, that eye won’t see a lot of detail” he said. “And if it happens from a young age, that eye can become amblyotic.”
Next we’ll find out that Justin Bieber haircuts are delaying puberty.