Parents Warn Kids Using Ring Light That Its Reflection Will Stay in Their Eyes Forever
UNITED STATES — Parents across the US have become increasingly more worried that the ring lights their children are using to create social media videos will eventually imprint a permanent ring light reflection on their eyes. “You know how every video you watch now, there’s clearly a dumb ring light reflection in the person’s eyes?” Tiffany McBride, 47, a college professor and mother of two, said during an interview, “Studies are beginning to show that repeated, prolonged use of a ring light could permanently imprint its reflection on the user’s eyes. I don’t know if the study has any merit to it, but I’m definitely telling my kids that it’s true.” Ring lights gained popularity because they are an easy-to-use, contained, and inexpensive light source that can effectively light a small area for any makeup tutorial or comedic front-facing character video. However, the growing number of videos that clearly show the reflection of a ring light in the subject’s eyes are beginning to get called out online. “It looks so stupid and this video sucks anyway,” one commenter wrote on a TikTok comedian’s video, “Good luck getting a job after TikTok collapses with a permanent ring light reflection on your eyes.” The CEO of a prominent ring light company refused to comment when news sources reached out. For now, experts agree that kids are going to keep using ring lights because it’s not like they went to school for lighting or anything, so they’re just going to keep putting out the same nonsense until they grow out of trying to become famous for nothing.
