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Doctor in The Netherlands won't hurt my wallet, I think it's included in my insurance to see a specialist when I get a reference from my general doctor. Doesn't hurt to ask around in the optics labs too though :)

okay, I think I can get back to work now. I didn't think it was reflection, but just scattering would be able to do damage. I will still see my doctor when I get back. And I will measure the output power of this one and tell you how bad their classification labels are.. (and how much IR light is...

@EpicHam; actually it was night time, and I did look at the spot for a few seconds to see what she was doing, but obviously I did not look directly into the laser. The pasyic was just a black plastic bag, so I guess I was glossy... And I know about this placebo effect and the brain correcting...

I will visit my doctor when I get home, just to be sure, but I read so much about damage getting worse over time and that there can still be damage even if you don't notice anything, and I'm not a biologist or doctor so I have no idea how the whole damage thing works. aah, I would like to have...

aah, maybe I should stop reading this forum and get back to work, but I need to get this off my chest now that it's popped into my mind... So; when the selling lady was demonstrating the laser she shone it on some plastic less than 1 meter away, and I looked at the spot and the scattered light...

whoa! thanks guys for so many replies in such a short time! I'll be back home in a week and then I will read into all of this some more. I think I will bring this laser to the laser optics department of my University and see if they will measure its real power for me. I was indeed quite...

Hey! I just bought my first laser and I could use some help/tips! I bought my laser on a market in Hong Kong for about 40 US$ (negotiating began at ~65 US$ so maybe I could've gotten it for even less). It's a green laser that burns through thin black plastic (as demonstrated by the lady that...

Hey! I am a chemist and I do lots of spectroscopy so I use lasers often, but today I bought my first hobby-laser. I will need some help with practical stuff so I hope this forum will be my friend :) -Nadine