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Hi all,
This is my first ever post to this forum.
I am not a laser guy, however my eyes were recently hit several times by a laser. This was during a private party. I was sitting near a table and on the scene there was a Briteq 1500 laser (it is a class IV, 1.5W at full white power, each RGB individual laser is approx. 500mw). From where i was i got hit several times (5 - 10 times in total ?) by the laser, while it was moving very quickly. I know the model name because I managed to contact the organizer after by phone who tell me it was "safe" because laser is always moving fast, never in single direction. However it is not safe. I did not know that at that time but projecting this on the people is totally illegal (at least in US). I think this is total ignorance from him. With some other people we will have a talk to convince him to stop it that so no more people get injured.
After the party i realized my vision was no more the same. Mostly in the right eye. Vision get better after days (I had difficulties to look at bright things). Recently I went to a specialist which made lot of different tests (OCT and such). Fortunately my retina has no damage and my vision is still very good. You cannot imagine how much happy I was when he told me that :yh:
However I was told the weird thing I see in my right eyes are "floaters".
Some people here will probably tell me this is totally fine, and it this normal to see floaters (because you start to worry more about your eyes after such things) but I am 100% confident they were caused by the laser and do not existed before.
I have read some topics on this forum and noticed several guys reported the same (new floaters) after laser hit. coincidence ? I don't think so.
These are really annoying. Especially making it difficult to read text or use computer.
I try to forget about them but its really hard.
Also, there is almost no possible treatment. It seems it can be fixed by laser but it is quite risky (retina can get damaged).
You can also go trough a vitrectomy which remove eye liquid and put new one. Not recommended at all since there is lot of risk associated and it can make things lot worse than before.
So it seems nothing can be really done unfortunately.
Here is some questions :
Did some of you guys ever noticed some new "floaters" after getting hit accidently by a laser ?
If yes did you ever see an improvement over the time ?
I saw somewhere on the web they can shrink with time or fade out but i'm not sure about this , and also what is "time" ? weeks, months, years ?
Any other recommandations are welcome.
Be safe, starfighter.
EDIT : /!\ some news /!\
I contacted the organizer. The guy did not know about the incident and apologized. We had a 2 hours discussion about it. He told he wanted his insurance to apply and cover the costs (doctors and such). Insurance experts will have his whole installation checked. Nobody should be harmed anymore.
I am still suffering of this (mentally and physically). I wish it never happened or that I would have at least wore sunglasses at the time (while not providing a full protection it would have reduced damage). The fact it could have been worse (permanent retina damage) still freaks me out. Floaters and possible other minor damages will probably be there until the very last day of my life.
This is my first ever post to this forum.
I am not a laser guy, however my eyes were recently hit several times by a laser. This was during a private party. I was sitting near a table and on the scene there was a Briteq 1500 laser (it is a class IV, 1.5W at full white power, each RGB individual laser is approx. 500mw). From where i was i got hit several times (5 - 10 times in total ?) by the laser, while it was moving very quickly. I know the model name because I managed to contact the organizer after by phone who tell me it was "safe" because laser is always moving fast, never in single direction. However it is not safe. I did not know that at that time but projecting this on the people is totally illegal (at least in US). I think this is total ignorance from him. With some other people we will have a talk to convince him to stop it that so no more people get injured.
After the party i realized my vision was no more the same. Mostly in the right eye. Vision get better after days (I had difficulties to look at bright things). Recently I went to a specialist which made lot of different tests (OCT and such). Fortunately my retina has no damage and my vision is still very good. You cannot imagine how much happy I was when he told me that :yh:
However I was told the weird thing I see in my right eyes are "floaters".
Some people here will probably tell me this is totally fine, and it this normal to see floaters (because you start to worry more about your eyes after such things) but I am 100% confident they were caused by the laser and do not existed before.
I have read some topics on this forum and noticed several guys reported the same (new floaters) after laser hit. coincidence ? I don't think so.
These are really annoying. Especially making it difficult to read text or use computer.
I try to forget about them but its really hard.
Also, there is almost no possible treatment. It seems it can be fixed by laser but it is quite risky (retina can get damaged).
You can also go trough a vitrectomy which remove eye liquid and put new one. Not recommended at all since there is lot of risk associated and it can make things lot worse than before.
So it seems nothing can be really done unfortunately.
Here is some questions :
Did some of you guys ever noticed some new "floaters" after getting hit accidently by a laser ?
If yes did you ever see an improvement over the time ?
I saw somewhere on the web they can shrink with time or fade out but i'm not sure about this , and also what is "time" ? weeks, months, years ?
Any other recommandations are welcome.
Be safe, starfighter.
EDIT : /!\ some news /!\
I contacted the organizer. The guy did not know about the incident and apologized. We had a 2 hours discussion about it. He told he wanted his insurance to apply and cover the costs (doctors and such). Insurance experts will have his whole installation checked. Nobody should be harmed anymore.
I am still suffering of this (mentally and physically). I wish it never happened or that I would have at least wore sunglasses at the time (while not providing a full protection it would have reduced damage). The fact it could have been worse (permanent retina damage) still freaks me out. Floaters and possible other minor damages will probably be there until the very last day of my life.
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