Debunking Myths: Can Screens (really) Damage Your Eyes?

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My bluryness us all the time with my RP hate it.

It might seem extreme to those who don't experience debilitating eyestrain... but (at home) I’ve resorted to using a 42" (FullHD LCD TV) screen and standing 2-3m away depending on what I’m doing. For me, this completely resolves the fatigue resulting from prolonged focusing & convergence of the eyeballs. Secondly, I make sure the background wall is at least as bright as the screen. This prevents the ‘car headlight effect’, where the eyes adapt to dark surroundings thus letting unnatural focused direct light to enter the eyes. Incidentally, this helps even with smaller screens and phones, so, hold the phone against to a well-lit wall or light floor, if you have to use it for long periods. Thirdly, the colour scheme of my display is either inverted (e.g. light text on dark) or has a darker background (no white backgrounds unless absolutely necessary, e.g. final rendering of images and text). I also sometimes use textured-paper-like backgrounds to break up bold text outlines and the extreme contrast between text/lines and backgrounds. Where convenient, I often use a sepia tint (Windows 11 night time setting) and larger fonts/zoom where possible.

If any of these first three conditions are not in place, I will get some degree of eyestrain. I now can work at home almost incessantly with all these workarounds. By this, I’ve also managed to isolate most of the other factors from the effect of dry eyes and (physical) stress-related fatigue (by which I mean the unnecessary tension many of us have when intensely concentrating). So, knowing the factors NOT involved if I STILL get eyestrain, I’ve now confirmed that eye pain can be caused by not blinking, not keeping the eyes well-lubricated, but this does not seem to cause the pain experienced when pressing on the eyeballs, which seems to due to converging the eyeballs (and perhaps prolonged focusing). Dry eyes initially presents itself as a hot feeling in the eyes, but I’ve recently acknowledged that I occasionally wake up and notice one eye is dry and the next day I have pain in that eye, so perhaps tear ducts can also dry up by not blinking enough(?) I also presume that twitching eyelids are triggered by the suppression of natural blinking(?) I have to say, observing the 20-20-20 rule does not seem to add anything to this set up, as I find it relaxing enough to look at a screen at this distance against a light background wall… no less relaxing that watching television. Anything remaining seems self-inflicted, so I’m trying to become mindful of bad habits while concentrating, namely blinking or shutting the eyes enough, using moisturising eyedrops, and releasing unnecessary physical tension, especially around the eyes, neck and head (deep breaths, etc). Hope that helps someone/anyone.

Personally hot towels and sauna help morethan anything ive ever tried. I notice my blood flow to my face isn't sufficient especially in winter so doing anything to stimulate blood flow extremely helps. Any muscle or organ of the body def appreciates sufficient blood flow and fresh oxygen!

What about eye strain during driving? I saw no video on this topic.

Maybe turn the monitor or device off when taking breaks? Every device has a off/standby button.

The pen exercise help a lot

I get constant pain behind eyes I checked eyes r ok what else should I do please help

Thanks ❤

Clue in the name “eye STRAIN” doing exercises is a no go as you are putting more load onto your eye muscles.

I’ve suffered chronically for 7 years with this and the only real way to alleviate symptoms is by resting the eyes E.G closing them and keeping them shut or sleeping.

It’s also important to make sure you are getting adequate sleep - atleast 8 hours uninterrupted as sleep deprivation will destroy them quicker.

Hi Dr. Allen. For the pencil push-up exercise, does it work for people who have had cataract surgery?

Which one is better for allergy cold compress or hot compress?

is this the same with DELAYED EYE FOCUS? i experience that blurredness when i MOVE MY HEAD quickly.

for example, when i am running forward, and someone is calling me from behind, so i'll have to turn my head quickly to check who is calling me--- my vision turns blurred for 1-2 seconds before i can see clearly.

same thing happen if i move my head back to the looking forward position to continue running (blurred again for 1-2 seconds before i can see clearly)

same thing again happen when i look for something URGENTLY that i had to move my head and eyes fast so i can see the missing item as quick as possible. my eye focus cannot catch up and my vision turns blurred for even longer seconds (3-5 seconds or longer or i had to forcefully focus to see again)

is this ciliary/accomodation spasm too? or age related problem? digital eye strain? 😢

I AM STILL 31 YEARS OLD, and i dont have dry eyes. hope you can answer 🙏

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Pencil push up with or without glasses please reply

Thank you so much

Can u explain about Retinal detachment?

The most helpful thing for me was stopping phone use and sitting far away from the computer.

Frequent brakes also leads to more happiness👌👍

If you have chronic eye strain. Is it good to jump into eye exercises or just rest?

Thanks ❤❤❤

Do you have a recommendation regarding the best "K" rating for overhead light bulbs in a small home office? I presently have 3,000 K bulbs and I've been told I'd do better with a 4,000 to 5,000 k bulbs. Any recommendations?

What size monitor do you recommend for studying? Would 22 or 24 inch be better?

Does anyone know why I get eye strain/migraines when playing league but no other game?

Hi Sir...Please reply me😢I am dealing with alot of eye strain both during the day and night...Last year i was dignosed with nearsightedness and astigmatism (-2 diopters).I was prescribed Transtion with blue AR coating but this prescription is not working.Can you advice me😢please sir

Do you have the link to the warm compress mask you used in the video? It looks very interesting and I would like try it out!

eyes are a muscle if you don’t train those muscles, then your vision gets blurry no need for glasses. Just train long distance and short distance for a while.

I have had serious issues with my eyes 👀 👀 double vision. The brock string helps to control it IF I maintain my exercises on a daily basis. I'm already 67, it affects seriously my quality of life when I want to read or to use my laptop for a relatively long while. I'm optimistic and hopefully it will get better and better until it's completely gone? Knock wood! 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

I'm currently experiencing pretty bad eye fatigue from a long gaming session. I'm trying to get to sleep but it hurts. Took an ibuprofen to try and help because it's a bit painful. Didn't notice anything until i got off the game. This is very uncomfortable to say the least and I won't be gaming so long moving forward

Sir, It takes me 15 to 30 min to get back into a task once I get up. How do you expect me to get any work done through out the day with this tip?

Hi Dr. Allen,
It is great that you are reducing strain, to change your refractive state, from -0.75 Diopters to +0.25 Diopters.
Or from 20/50, to 20/20.
More people should follow your strain relief program and achieve the result I achieved.
Thank you!

Perfect!

So few eye doctors have any clue about vision therapy. I had severe convergence insufficiency and mentioned my vision issues to my optometrist (I saw one who worked out of a Lenscrafters). She told me it was nothing to worry about and it was just because I turned 40. It took several years for me to get it diagnosed by a chiropractor of all people who figured out my eyes were contributing to my dizziness. I really think testing for convergence insufficiency needs to be part of regular eye exams.

It's hard to outdoors and relax my eyes now that I have floaters😢

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I have prisms. Unfortunately my eyes start to cross. And it’s helped tremendously ❤. Thanks for the tips.

Thanks! The effort you put into your videos shows off your passion for helping others.

Hi,do you know where is dry eyes clinic in nee york city?

"Promosm" 😇

Hey Doc, can you make a video about Exotropia?

Does Zocular work for dermadex mites? What is in it?

Hey Doc! First time watching your content and absolutely love it. I'm guilty for not taking care of my eyes. Thank you for enlightening me about my diplopia as well. I have a small question to ask. I know that eyes focus automatically to produce a clean and sharp image but I myself have to focus this images willingly to produce a clean and sharp image. What is this called?

Hi, I need help!!! Can this be used for eyelid hygiene? Is it the same as your’s recomnded hypochlorus acid solutions? It’s cheap and easily available to me. Vital baby HYGIENE AQUAINT® sanitising water

Thanks for all of this... I "force blink" a lot during the day, but also practice 20/20/20 - every 20 minutes, I take a break, and look at something 20 feet away (outside my window) for 20 seconds.

i have a flashing on the top right of my eye and a blur spot

Is there any cure for RP(Retinitis Pigmentosa) ... I'm 28 and I've only central vision left now

Do you have any videos on ocular rosacea?