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How exactly does eye damage from lasers look like?






Jaseth said:
I believe it is partly actual recovery and partly the brain adapting and filling in missing areas
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This. I took a shot to my left eye from my 300mW red.:yabbem: I had a blind spot in my eye for about a week, then I didn't notice it anymore. It is, however, still there. I can see the spot if I intentionally focus on it. It just looks like a small slightly blurry area now. It has gotten a lot better. Before it looked like a white/grey checkered spot:undecided: So I did adapt to it, and it has also healed quite a bit, and my vision appears to be as perfect as ever. :D
 
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Glad to hear it is getting better Mr Fro :)
Eye damage is scary as hell, luckily I have never taken a direct shot from anything above 5mW, even when wearing eye protection.
 
Expensive as hell!

Does it stop you from see'ing the laser, like not see'ing the beam cuz of the glasses?
 
Laser eye damage looks like A TON OF BLOOD POURING FROM YOUR EYES OMG!!!1


I'm bored lol
 
Expensive? $25 is nothing. Would you rather pay a small sum of money or lose your sight forever?
And yes, it will stop you from seeing the beam and the dot will be weak when you look at it through the glasses. You don't have to use glasses if you are aiming at something far away with no risk of reflection, but if you are pointing it around in a normal size room, and especially if you are burning, you need glasses.
 
i think this is a very useful thread, in order to get people aware of the true dangers of lasers and that it can happen to you!
what sort of output requires eye protection?
 
In general I would say 50mW and up requires protection if you use it indoors. All burning should be done wearing goggles. Don't take this as anything under 50mW not being a risk though.. a direct hit with even a 5mW may damage your eyes, especially as many 5mW are grossly overpowered.
 
Thanks sooo much guys, I can't say thank enough.

I usually burn with my dilda no goggles or anything, and look straight at the dot, and sometimes it would hurt my eyes. I'm soooo much more careful now.

Thanks!
 
Jaseth said:
In general I would say 50mW and up requires protection if you use it indoors. All burning should be done wearing goggles. Don't take this as anything under 50mW not being a risk though.. a direct hit with even a 5mW may damage your eyes, especially as many 5mW are grossly overpowered.
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thanks ive got 2 30mw but only use for distance
 
Jaseth said:
One survey I do remember which shows your brain adapting to the environment is one in which they gave people special goggles which flipped their vision upside down. Within weeks, the brain had actually flipped their vision too, so they once again saw like normal people. When they then removed the goggles, they had to wait weeks to see the proper way around once more. Very interesting stuff.
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You mean "the right way up" don't you? You do know that the eye produces an upside down image on the retina to begin with? Obviously our brain flips it the right way round, so what we see is the right way up.
 
best way you can tell is to look into the sky on a bright cloudless day.. everyone usually has those little "floaters" in your eye but if you have any that don't seem to move that is eye damage most likely
 
There was a website that showed EXACTLY the different types of eye damage due to lasers, I can't find it. If somebody has it please deliver :)
 
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