Can phone torch lights damage your eyes

Would that damage the retina? We all know the sun's UV can damage eyes but can a phones torch light like if you held it right up by your eye for long periods of time.

Parents
  • It depends.. some flash’s can burn your retinas, so I would imagine that lesser-degrees of damage occur, but damage is damage.. so yes as a rule..

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  • It depends.. some flash’s can burn your retinas, so I would imagine that lesser-degrees of damage occur, but damage is damage.. so yes as a rule..

Children
  • When have lived in rough and anti-social environments, I have carried such flashlights with me, with the intention of inflicting such damage in the cause of self-defence..