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Can looking at a powerful laser from a facebook video be bad for your eyes? the laser was only seem through the iphone screen.

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Dr. William Kimlinger answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

IPhones and Eyes: The power of a laser can cause damage if it shines into your eye. A picture of a laser displayed on a cell phone cannot be any brighter or more powerful than the brightest setting on the phone screen. Therefore, just as looking at a bright picture on the phone will not damage your eyes, neither will a picture of a laser.

Answered 1/28/2017

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