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Does using smartphone in the dark and/ or without glasses on make eyesight worse? does it affect eyes in any way?

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Dr. Tim Conrad answered

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No: Using a smartphone will not affect your eyes.

Answered 8/6/2014

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We don't think so.: current viewpoints are that this does not affect vision long term...but it sure can cause symptoms after doing it for a while: strained feeling blurred vision double vision headache/eye ache.

Answered 9/29/2016

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Does using smartphone in the dark and/ or without glasses on make eyesight worse? does it affect eyes in any way?

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