Comments on: Can Your Skin Get UV Damage From a Computer Screen? http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/06/11/can-your-skin-get-uv-damage-from-a-computer-screen/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Tanya http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/06/11/can-your-skin-get-uv-damage-from-a-computer-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-72773 Tanya Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:16:28 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=2506#comment-72773 Yes monitors do give off UV rays, Laptops (LCD's) are worse than your regular standard monitors. How do I know this? I have Lupus and along with it, Photosensitivity. UV exposure causes my skin to burn. I have a UV protection glass screen on my Desktop monitor. It's large & has a ground wire. On occasion the wire gets disconnected by a dogs running through ( Chihuahuas :o) ) and right away my face will begin to burn. I recently bought a Laptop. I ran across this site today while looking for a Laptop UV screen ... I won't be able to stay on much longer. Go with your gut ... if your skin has been worse, you know why. Reports can be paid for to benefit manufacturers. As for those Light Bulbs ... I can't be in the same room with them. They burn my face and even my scalp. If you read how to dispose of them, that should be reason enough not to use them. Other reasons: low dull light, and ONLY China is producing them!!! Nothing I get that is made in China ever lasts ... and I'd like some jobs here in the USA ... Yes monitors do give off UV rays, Laptops (LCD’s) are worse than your regular standard monitors.

How do I know this? I have Lupus and along with it, Photosensitivity.
UV exposure causes my skin to burn.
I have a UV protection glass screen on my Desktop monitor. It’s large &
has a ground wire. On occasion the wire gets disconnected by a dogs running through ( Chihuahuas :o ) ) and right away my face will begin to burn.

I recently bought a Laptop. I ran across this site today while looking for a Laptop UV screen … I won’t be able to stay on much longer.

Go with your gut … if your skin has been worse, you know why. Reports can be paid for to benefit manufacturers.

As for those Light Bulbs … I can’t be in the same room with them. They burn my face and even my scalp. If you read how to dispose of them, that should be reason enough not to use them.

Other reasons: low dull light, and ONLY China is producing them!!!
Nothing I get that is made in China ever lasts … and I’d like some jobs here in the USA …

]]> By: norma hollis http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/06/11/can-your-skin-get-uv-damage-from-a-computer-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-72720 norma hollis Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:54:20 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=2506#comment-72720 Since buying a new laptop in Feb 2011 my skin has developed hyperpigmentation. The only difference in my life is this new laptop. Since buying a new laptop in Feb 2011 my skin has developed hyperpigmentation. The only difference in my life is this new laptop.

]]> By: Jaz http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/06/11/can-your-skin-get-uv-damage-from-a-computer-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-53576 Jaz Wed, 12 May 2010 22:36:35 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=2506#comment-53576 My sin is always worse after looking at my laptop screen though. My sin is always worse after looking at my laptop screen though.

]]> By: Girl-Woman http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/06/11/can-your-skin-get-uv-damage-from-a-computer-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-28272 Girl-Woman Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:05:05 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=2506#comment-28272 That's good to hear. If it did cause cancer, I would be a goner! That’s good to hear. If it did cause cancer, I would be a goner!

]]> By: thebeautybrains http://thebeautybrains.com/2008/06/11/can-your-skin-get-uv-damage-from-a-computer-screen/comment-page-1/#comment-28264 thebeautybrains Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:19:54 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/?p=2506#comment-28264 Jeni, According to manufacturers CFLs do emit UV rays. The levels stated were 50 - 140 microwatts per lumen. This is compared to the amount from regular light bulbs that emit 100 microwatts per lumen. Both of these are much lower than outdoor UV radiation but not zero. If you're still worried about UV emissions, GE sells Saf-T-Gard® bulbs that have UV filters on them. Jeni,

According to manufacturers CFLs do emit UV rays. The levels stated were 50 – 140 microwatts per lumen. This is compared to the amount from regular light bulbs that emit 100 microwatts per lumen. Both of these are much lower than outdoor UV radiation but not zero.

If you’re still worried about UV emissions, GE sells Saf-T-Gard® bulbs that have UV filters on them.

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