Looking at smartphones in the dark has a potential for eye injury. And many people experience pressure and discomfort when scrolling at night. But with a couple of tweaks, you can protect your eyes.
Keep your phone’s brightness as low as it goes when you are in a darkened room or at night. Bright screens strain the eyes quickly. If you are going to scroll at night use a small bedside lamp, which will provide some surrounding light and relieve eyes from pure darkness.
Most smartphones today have options for dark mode or night light. They both reduce blue light at night and help prevent eye strain. It is best to turn them on before you start using your phone because their effect is to provide a warm screen and make light at night.
The surrounding light should cue you about your screen brightness. Too bright and it hurts your eyes, too dark and it hurts your eyes. It only takes a few seconds to adjust your screen brightness, but it will save you from headaches, watery eyes, or irritation in a dark room at night.
Increase the text size and adjust the contrast to make your scrolling easier. Readability increases with larger text, because it lessens the strain, your eyes don’t have to work harder.
Using appropriate settings will help you discern messages, emails or articles with clarity on your phone, especially in darker settings.
Make sure to never hold your smartphone too close to your face. Although it may be comfortable, this habit will eventually result in strain and damage your eyesight.
Make sure that your phone is about 16 to 18 inches away from your face. This distance will allow your eyes to stay relaxed, especially during long night use.
Dust and smudges on the display will diminish your clarity and make you strain your eyes harder than you need to.
You want to keep your phone screen clean. A clean display will result in clear screens which also helps the overall comfort of your eyes.
A lot of people forget to blink while using their phones at night. This causes dry eyes and will lead to further irritation.
Blinking keeps your eyes moist and eliminates dryness. It also helps you focus better. On average, you should blink at least 10 times every 15 minutes.
Using your smartphone at night can be damaging, but it doesn’t have to be. Lowering brightness, enabling dark mode, keeping distance and consistently blinking is easy ways to protect your eyes at night.
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