HPS light harmful for eyes?

[StudentGrower]

My friend has been growing for quite a while and whenever I enter his room where he grows, my eyes begin to hurt after looking at his babies because of the light. I am wondering if this is a concern at all if I decide to grow given I have bad eye sight already. My friend says you get used to it but he does feel like he's lost ability in his eye's pigmentation. Anyone have any ideas?

[GaGrown]

I wear sunglasses while around my lamps.Your sight is a precious thing. Metal Halide and HPS,can be damaging to the skin as well as the eyes.

Ga Grown!

[OLDJIMMYBONES]

well the directions with my ballast said never look directly ino the light, but after a wile it dosent even look that bright, but all it does is bleaches you retina (if you were to stair into it for a couple mins)which, can take up to 30mins before you can see the darkest levels of colors.

[JerzeeAmbeez]

yeah when I smoke looking at my plants(HPS&CFL) my eyes have a hard time trying to focus so I started wearing sunglasses

[Dutch Pimp]

You need sunglasses that block Uv rays...especially on Metal Halides.