Wearing face masks became a way of life when COVID-19 arrived at the beginning of 2020, and masks are still part of plenty of jobs — healthcare, dentistry, food service, cleanrooms and construction among them.

Living with face masks and spectacles at the same time revealed a problem that has not gone away. People who wear spectacles find their glasses fogging up while driving and going about their lives, impairing their vision further. Using anti-fog spray with masks has become a necessity.

Foggy Lenses Are Making Life Impossible

As people with spectacles have found, foggy lenses are making life unbearable. Working with masks and specs means being constantly challenged with misted lenses. Warm breath behind masks hits cool lenses, and they fog up. Tasks that were taken for granted, such as driving and working, become impossible.

Keeping lenses defogged is not as simple as it sounds. Fog collects on the inner lenses, meaning spectacle wearers must repeatedly remove them to clear their vision. Constant removal of lenses to clear vision is frustrating and impractical — and it means touching your face and your lenses far more often than you should.

DIY Anti Fog Lens Methods

Many people have become so frustrated with this issue that they have looked for relief with DIY methods — shaving foam, dish soap, a smear of shampoo. Home solutions have also included placing a metal strip inside their masks to limit lens fogging. We work through which of these actually hold up in our guide tohow to stop glasses from fogging up.

Some store-bought anti fog sprays have brought some relief, but this is usually temporary. Unfortunately, unless the anti-fog spray contains quality ingredients, lens wearers will continue to suffer poor vision and frustration. A quality anti-fog spray is the only solution.

Essential Anti Fog Spray with Masks

Using a quality anti-fog lens spray while wearing masks has become essential. Normal vision can only be restored by spraying a qualityanti-fog spray likeZ Clear's premium lens cleaner onto spectacle lenses to prevent condensation.

Spectacle wearers can simply spray the solution onto lenses to prevent repeated fogging. Normal vision becomes possible, preventing repetitive hand-to-face touching, making life more convenient again.

If you wear a mask all day for work, the stakes are higher than convenience — see our guides for healthcare workers and dental loupes and for safety glasses on the job site.