glowing eyes in photos---does this mean anything?

Although there had been studies saying that the glow in the eyes could mean some medical condition, it my also mean other things. Since your friend have already sought doctor's advice and told her that she is okay, I think she ought to calm herself and thank God that she is okay. This could be another reason for that glowing eyes on the photo: simply that the angle in which the flash hits your eyes catches different color pigments than usual. Eyes glowing red in photographs comes when a person is looking straight and directly into the flash.

At first this made me laugh but I wondered why she would think that so I goggled it and found out there's some truth in there. She probably read somewhere about Retinoblastoma and got paranoid. It's a rare, cancerous tumor of a part of the eye called the retina and can be identified on photographs as a white glare in an eye, similar to the red glare people often have in photographs. That white glow, called leukocoria, is really just the absence of the normal red glow, which comes from blood vessels in the layers of the eye behind the retina. When a tumor is present, it can deflect the camera flash’s light out of the eye, which creates the white glow. The good thing is, if she's taking photographs of herself, she's most probably too old to have it. Retinoblastoma affects children under the age of 6. It is most commonly diagnosed in children aged 1 - 2 years. So don't worry, she doesn't have cancer. She's probably just possessed by the devil or something.

it means she is very paranoid... and she ought to learn to adjust those red eye settings in her camera.

Does it mean anything? Yes it does. Someone took a lousy photograph of her if she has red eyes in ther photo Nothing to do with brain cencer at all.

Your belief is farther from the truth. The glowing eyes that you mention is caused by the flash reflected from the eyes to the camera. This happens when the camera is directly aligned with the subject's iris. The result is called 'red eye'. To avoid this have the camera positioned 1 to 10 degrees from the subject. If your camera is equipped with red eye reduction, have it activated. You can also increase the light source before taking the shots. Do not believe that a camera can be used to predict the health condition of people. If that is true, then doctors/physicians will become obsolete.

If the flash is straight in her eyes, then it reflects in the retina. And that's why it glows. This is called Red Eye. Use the camera which has red eye reduction option.

What it is is red eye. There is usually a program on your photo software that fixes it. See check for red eye, and then make sure the arrow or cross is over the eyes, press it and then it will change it to the real colour of the eyes. I have a Mac so I know how to do it on that one, but Windows have an equivalent.

The "Redeye" effect in photography is quite normal,though undesirable! I think what your friend is concerned about IS correct,it's just that she's got the wrong end of the stick..Redeye IS Normal,it's just direct camera flash reflecting,like cats eyes do..but like She's worried about,there are conditions that will affect the retina of the eye and can show up in photos..but usually,it would be only ONE eye that's affected,so the difference can be identified and investigated and treated once discovered...

She could just have that sparkle in her eye LOL. If she is freaking out over that then she might need to go see a physciatric doctor or something just saying. I can tell you its not the computer because most of my work involves being on the computer too and that doesnt make my eyes sparkle or be red in pictures. I use my cell phone alot too and i dont think at all that being on the computer for long periods is making her eyes do that.

I don't think this is true. I have observed this with my pictures and my other siblings. It is because we have light brown eyes, so our eyes glows with pictures especially during night or in dark places, while people with black eyes don't.

This is something that i haven't heard before and i think your friend should seek a second opinion. It's a bit scary. I always stay in front of my computer, especially when i was still working, i was in front of the pc more than 12 hours a day. I've never noticed that my eyes were glowing in a picture though.

I usually notice those "red eyes" in photos on people with lighter-colored eyes. I don't think it's anything to worry about.