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Red Light Myopia Therapy Can Injure Your Retina
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Over the last few years, low-level red light (LLRL) therapy has become popular to control myopia, or nearsightedness, especially in children.
In LLRL therapy, children are instructed to look into a red light-emitting instrument for three minutes, twice a day, five days a week, for the duration of the treatment period, which could last years.
Class-1 lasers are low-powered devices that are considered safe from all potential hazards when viewed accidentally and briefly.
Examples of Class-1 lasers are laser printers, CD players and digital video disc (DVD) devices.
“For both LLRL devices evaluated here, three minutes of continuous viewing approached or surpassed the luminance dose MPE, putting the retina at risk of photochemical damage.”
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