Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

if i didnt use one of my eyes for say 3 weeks ,could there be any permenant damage to it ? if so could you please tell me :

Hi,

I am both intrigued by your project idea and skeptical of it's safety. I don't think you would do any permanent damage to your sight, but I am sure you would see some short-term effects which may or may not be desireable. You may strain the eye you are using sconsistantly, and you may find it is hard to do things with one eye! It might not be safe to do things with one eye, such as ride your bike, so you may get injured due to this handicap.

I am interested in what makes you think you could see better at night if you didn't use your eye during the day? Your eyes are designed for working best under lighted conditions, and it shouldn't be that easy to change that.

If you like a project on eyesight, maybe this one - https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... p008.shtml

thankyou so much for you feedback ,i was thinking along the same lines but i wanted some conformation. and also thanks for that link ,that project looks really cool and im interested .