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Can a camera flash really damage a baby's eyes?
8 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Not likely: Lengthy exposure to very bright artificial light may possibly damage the retina, but a brief camera flash is quite unlikely to cause any serious harm. Sunlight, on the other hand, can be very dangerous even with brief exposure due to the high levels of ultraviolet light contained in sunshine.
Answered 3/13/2019
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No effect: the light from a flash is too unfocused and of low intensity that it cannot damage a baby's eyes. Otherwise since we compulsively take pictures of infants and babies, we would by now have an epidemic of damaged eyes.
Answered 3/13/2019
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