[Drew314159]

I did a search for laptops and tablets causing my face to red and hot, it brought me to this forum, I didn’t think other people would be suffering the same facial problem as I am. My personal laptop is a Lenovo, and my work one a Lenovo as well, my tablet was a Samsung, before it gave up the ghost, my new is a Vankyo and have the same problem with all of them. My face starts to get warm, cheeks are the worsed, then hot that’s when the irritation starts, my face literally feels radioactive, I don’t sit close to the screen, I’m about 24 inches away, i think that distance is an healthy distance, I put skin soothing cream on to try to lessen the irritation, however, the problem still persists. Before TFT screens came out and we all used CRT screens, there was a filter you could buy to stop the glare from the screen, I wonder if they where still available for the modern screens of today, I’ll do a bit of research and see what I find and then I’ll post the outcome here.

[zero2k]

I hope you find the filter. I use an app called screen dimmer I think it works really well especially when I’m using it during the day. I bought a BenQ TH685i for gaming and it’s amazing. I could never look at bright screens without some sort of a problem but with the projector it’s great because the blue light is concentrated on the wall or screen and not my eyes. The projector display works perfect even in a brightly lit room. I will never buy a television ever again. I think the projector makes so much more sense.

[RCJ]

I’ve been following this thread for several months now. I noticed late last year my face would turn red and start burning after being in front of my pc monitor for 5-10 minutes. I stayed off the computer for a few months afterwards. I eventually bought a privacy filter from Microcenter, it said it blocked UV rays, and noticed some improvement, but my face still burned after a while. I do have cutaneous lupus, had it for 9 years now , my immune system attacks my skin when I’ve been in the sun. I don’t know if the two related, no one else here has mentioned anything of an autoimmune disorder along with the issue with monitors. I just hate the thought of having to stay indoors and off a computer.

[EsaT]

Have you tried lowering monitor brightness and using dark themes for programs and web browser?
That would lower amount of light emitted.
Default brightness of pretty much all LCDs I’ve seen fresh has always been off the charts bat crazy high.

[RCJ]

I tried all that at first and didn’t really notice a difference. I doubt everyone who has posted here has lupus as I do which makes me think it’s something entirely unrelated to lupus. I have seen some UV glasses online I will try. They are like those blue light glasses but cover the entire face.

[VitaminD]

Further research has led me to the following possible sources of this misery:

Excess amounts of heavy metals in our system making us more sensitive to electromagnetic radiation. Does anyone here know if they have hereditary hemochromatosis? Hemochromatosis is when the body is unable to efficiently process and remove excess iron.

If you are taking a multivitamin with iron, copper, and nickel, or consume a seafood-heavy diet (mercury), I recommend you halt your intake of these sources of heavy metals and see if your symptoms don’t improve.

Also, if you’re using computer speakers, try moving them away from you and facing them in a direction that is not directly toward your face. Computer speakers in particular emit high levels of EMF. I make music on my computer and have nearfield monitors pointed at my face, which is the cause of my discomfort.

Finally, try increasing your intake of chelates like tannic acid that prevents your gut from absorbing excess iron. Fortunately, tannins are easily found in tea, coffee, red wine, and other readily available food and bev.

[heretohelp]

Guys! I am still following the thread but I actually forgot about the problem already. So it can be cured 🙂
My other thoughts on this based on condition of my skin now:
– it helps to use humidifier, my skin at the time was very dry which made it super vulnerable to any irritation
– game changer: vitamin c toner/serum –
After using it some time i discovered my skin will even handle sauna and cold!! I do recommend 🙂

Seems like the solution was to strenghten the blood vessels on my face. That’s why dermaroller and vitamin c serum helped.

[PCM2]

Thanks to all for continuing to share their tips. And heretohelp, really great to see you were able to pinpoint the problem for yourself and are now free from irritation when using screens. Must be such a relief, in multiple senses of the word.

[RobNap]

Hello everybody. I’ve come to this discussion after many searches online on causes, solutions, remedies after experiencing some similar feelings as people described here. To give a little context I’ve had a 24 inch IPS monitor that I’ve used for around 4 years with no issues, that I’ve replaced with a ViewSonic 34 inch ultrawide. I really like the wide display which helps me in my web dev work. The problem is that after a day of using it I’ve experienced deep headaches that I thought to be related to the eyes needing adjustment time for the new monitor wide format. The headaches dissipated a little after two days but what I’m still experiencing are the face skin and ears irritations and itches that after long use, turn into a slight burning sensation even at 3 feet distance from the screen. I’m not sure how to solve this and if it will subside in time. The weird thing is that after switching to the old monitor all the symptoms go away which doesn’t make any sense, both monitors are the same IPS display, 75hz set to 30% brightness. I’m going to stick with the new monitor for about 3 more days and if I don’t get used to it I’ll have to return it.

Did any of you had similar experiences when specifically switching to new monitors? Can some monitors emit EMF more than others because of different built design?

Also I’m really sorry for anybody here experiencing negative issues with high EMF and screen light sensitivity. You guys deserve attention like anybody with adverse effects to the environment.

[EsaT]

RobNap, forget brightness percentages and set brightness to what looks good/comfortable.
There’s zero standard for what actual luminosity those brightness percentages mean.
Even if max brightness happened to be the same min brightness could be different

Anyway 30% brightness has usually been above fair 100 nits for a long time.
Unless panel blocking more light and destroying contrast.
(though paper “media” doesn’t really have that high contrast)
And newer monitor likely has even crazier max brightness.

[glori]

Hi all, I have the same problem as many of you. Face redness / flushed face, sunburn feeling that lasts hours after being in front of a computer screen or display. Using dark mode on devices helps and so does dimming the computer monitor or display but doesn’t completely prevent it. I just want to crawl out of my skin when this happens. I’m glad I found this forum to learn how others cope with this.

[letsgobrandongreen]

Hey all.

This sounds like some of you could be dealing with what I’ve had too.

Anyone here with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome?

letsgobrandongreen.com/my-light-sensitivity-story-my-mobile-phone-was-a-flame-thrower/

Yes I’m looking further into this as I felt my right cheekbone region burn from an mri machine session.

[GiantHogweed]

I don’t suffer from any of these issues, but I may as well share a feature that most monitors have that some may not think to try as it isn’t as obvious.

in the evenings, I watch TV on my pc monitor from my bed, and as the room is totally dark, i find all monitors way too bright, even on minimum brightness. The preset modes usually have an option for custom colour. You may not think that turning the Red, Green and Blue down would exactly do that much, but if you turn them down equally, it makes a huge difference and goes far dimmer than minimum brightness.

Dell monitors all have this option, and as an experiment, if you turn all of them to 0, the screen literally just has the backlight and you can’t see any of the picture. However, I on my latest dell monitor, I set the 3 colours to around 25% and it helps a great deal. But the backlight is still just as strong, so it does reduce picture quality a bit and if you have any backlight bleed, it will be more obvious.

Just thought I would share this as it is a somewhat hidden way for monitors OSDs to effectively go dimmer than the minimum brightness suggests.

[PCM2]

It’s certainly a good thing to try. Just be aware that on most screens reducing the ‘contrast’ slider is equivalent to equal reductions in RGB. It’s usually easier to just do that instead as you’re reducing one slider rather than 3. Though the colour channel reductions may let you go more extreme with the adjustment, so beyond the effect of contrast set to ‘0%’.

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