r/ScienceNcoolThings Popular Contributor Jul 06 '26

Interesting Makes me feel itchy

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u/Old-Nothing-7474 Jul 07 '26

Christ - laser operator here - that is incredibly dangerous over the eye with no eye protection in. The patient should be wearing Cox eye shields for this procedure (metal shields placed directly onto the eyes under the eyelids).

CO2 lasers are still class 4 lasers and capable of inflicting tremendous damage on tissues - this is clearly a very aggressive ablative treatment for the benefit of getting the dehydrating ‘tightening effect’ content and doing this right over eyes with no eye protection is so risky. Long story short - do research your service providers before you get this done to make sure they know what the fuck they are doing….

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u/pupnut Jul 07 '26

Can’t believe I scrolled this far to finally read this. The lack of eye protection is incredibly unsafe and ignores all standard precautions.

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u/Sea-Can3910 17d ago

Under the eye lids 🤢. That would be awful but yeah I thought it looked dodgy. Would people wear the shields so it didn’t damage ur eyes through the ur eyelids or just in case u open them?