LCD screens causing face irritation and 'burning'

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  • #67739
    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.

      #67747
      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.

        #67780
        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.

          #67784
          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.

            #67794
            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.

              #67844
              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.

                #67848
                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.

                  #67850
                  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.

                    #67937
                    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.

                      #67947
                      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.

                        #68156
                        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.

                          #68873
                          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.

                            #68878
                            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.

                              #68883
                              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%’.

                                #76862
                                kgar

                                  I can’t believe after all these years I found this forum. My face started burning 20 years ago in 2005 after I did some alpha hydroxy acid face washes which is skin exfoliation. Following that, I was out in the sun for 2 days working so I applied spf 50 sunscreen to protect my skin. I ended up getting a bad chemical burn from the sunscreen and shortly thereafter the computer burn started and never stopped.

                                  Even after building up my skin barrier again, I’ve continued to burn in front of computer monitors, laptops, cell phones, any fluorescent light, sometimes even regular lights. It’s even more worse if I have any type of lotion or oil on my face. I think the oil may act as a conductive – I don’t know.

                                  I can now only use ceramide serum and hyaluronic acid (which is not an acid but an emollient) during the day. Anything else makes the burn worse. And I can only exfoliate very mildly or it gets even worse.

                                  In the beginning I went to several doctors to no avail and since then I’ve tried every conceivable solution from lowering brightness, monitor filters, zinc oxide sunblock (not sunscreen), no daytime lotions or oils (just the above), antioxidant supplements, various other internal concoctions, covering my face and cutting eye holes, electronic avoidance to cool down, etc.

                                  All of the above provide some relief, sometimes even for several hours but it never goes away completely. All my friends and family think I’m crazy.

                                  And what’s more I think this has prematurely aged my skin which really pisses me off. When I have a big window of time that I’m not burning I will do a deep dive into this thread and try anything I have not tried so far, as this year I’m determined to get rid of this thing!

                                  For anyone who cares, here are some supplements I’ve tried that help to cool me down a bit, tamp down the inflammation:

                                  Vitamin e – short lived but works
                                  Fish oil – slightly longer cooling effect than vitamin e
                                  Certain probiotics – not all work, but some do help and give longer results
                                  Cayenne Pepper – I know this sounds crazy but I put it in my coffee or in water and I cool down pretty quickly
                                  Raw Ginger – cooling effect
                                  Beets – when I used to put this in my smoothie with cayenne and ginger it would keep me cool for hours but I got lazy.
                                  Avoiding dairy and alcohol – they make it worse

                                  I have my theories about why some of these work, many have anti-inflammation properties but also some are vasodilators. I think there is an issue with the blood being too thick or containing substances or impurities that trigger an inflammatory response.

                                  I say this bc a few years ago I got really sick and my blood was not coagulating (thickening) and I was having something akin to hemophiliac symptoms. It went on for several months and during that whole time I had zero burn.

                                  Something weird I also want to mention is that since working from home, I’ve noticed that that I burn more quickly at home then at work, even though I have the exact same configuration. I can last almost the whole day at work, at home I’m burning after 2 or 3 hours. Another conundrum!

                                  Lastly, I do recall in my research years ago that this could be EMF sensitivity and the dental amalgams and heavy metals might be an issue as well, also auto immunity. I do have silver fillings since childhood, and I was exposed to chemicals back in my 20s. But I’ve done several detoxes as well, so who knows!

                                  Sorry this was all over the place, but like I said, it’s been 20 years of this stuff!

                                  #76864
                                  heretohelp

                                    Still following even though I forgot about the problem. I have checked what other people found useful and I wanted to up some of the solutions.
                                    – After my skin got a bit better with the aloe vera + vit A + dermapen solution (i wrote about it couple of years ago), I started to use Vitamin C toner under a hyaluron Acid hydrating lotion and it changed my skin! I use this combination to this day.
                                    – I might have also supplemented vit D. I supplement it now.
                                    – in the really bad phase of my skins condition I used humidifier, also noticed that going to places with more humidity helped.
                                    – I think it might be worth trying unscented ceramides/cholesterol lotions. I use them now in winter and they sooth my skin when i’m out in cold for longer periods of time.

                                    The products with ingerdients:
                                    – vit c toner: BIELENDA PROFESSIONAL ENERGY BOOST
                                    energetyzujący tonik z ultrastabilną witaminą C, 200 ml

                                    Aqua (Water),Camellia Sinensis (Green Tea) Leaf Water,3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid,Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Fruit Extract,Trehalose,Glycerin,Lactic Acid,Polysorbate 20,Hydroxyethylcellulose,Disodium Phosphate,Sodium Phosphate,Polysorbate 60,Disodium EDTA,Citric Acid,Benzyl Alcohol,Phenoxyethanol,Ethylhexylglycerin,Potassium Sorbate,Sodium Benzoate,Parfum (Fragrance),Limonene,Linalool,Citral

                                    – lotion: nivea CELLULAR EXPERT FILLER KREM ANTI-AGE NA NOC

                                    Aqua, Glycerin, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cocoglycerides, Hydrogenated Coco-Glycerides, Methylpropanediol, Glyceryl Stearate Citrate, Glyceryl Stearate, Panthenol, Folic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate, Creatine, 1-Methylhydantoin-2-Imide, Magnolia Officinalis Bark Extract, Pantolactone, Squalane, Ethylhexylglycerin, Caprylyl Glycol, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Phenoxyethanol, Parfum, CI 60725

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