Poked eye with eyeliner - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

hopealwayz · 12-13-2005, 01:12 PM

I accidently poked myself in the eye with my eyeliner this morning and right now, everything is kind of blurry. I have to study for an exam, will the blurriness disappear soon?

**51anna** · 12-13-2005, 01:24 PM

Check with your dr. I hope it feels better soon.

namommy · 12-13-2005, 04:12 PM

You may have scratched you cornea. You may want to see an ophthalmologist. Eyeliner pencils hold bacteria, and you could get a nasty (and painful) corneal infection. I work for an ophthalmologist, I see it alot.

hopealwayz · 12-14-2005, 10:27 AM

Thanks for the responses.
It feels better today and not so blurry.
I got scared there for a little while yesterday, lol.

Namommy, that is good information to know.

BeginAgain · 12-14-2005, 10:31 AM

If it hurts when you look at a bright light or waters, burns, aches and tears easily - you could have lacerated the cornea. It will heal - but not usually without a patch and some eye drops. I've done this a couple of times over the years - once with eyeliner and once when my son was a baby his fingernail got me.

You might want to get this cheked out. THe only way they can see the laceration is by putting some special drops in the eye and looking at it with a special light.

Good luck. You will find it very difficult to study or read or focus unless you get it taken care of.

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hopealwayz Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: somewhere Posts: 3,514	Poked eye with eyeliner I accidently poked myself in the eye with my eyeliner this morning and right now, everything is kind of blurry. I have to study for an exam, will the blurriness disappear soon? __________________

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51anna Forum Leader Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dancing in the Light Posts: 11,160	Check with your dr. I hope it feels better soon. __________________ Anna "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou

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namommy Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Never, Never land Posts: 2,711	You may have scratched you cornea. You may want to see an ophthalmologist. Eyeliner pencils hold bacteria, and you could get a nasty (and painful) corneal infection. I work for an ophthalmologist, I see it alot. __________________ I came into this program to save my a** and found out it was attached to my soul. --Anonymous

12-14-2005, 10:27 AM	#4 (permalink)
hopealwayz Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: somewhere Posts: 3,514	Thanks for the responses. It feels better today and not so blurry. I got scared there for a little while yesterday, lol. Namommy, that is good information to know. __________________

12-14-2005, 10:31 AM	#5 (permalink)
BeginAgain Day by day.... Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: NW GA Posts: 449 Blog Entries: 3	If it hurts when you look at a bright light or waters, burns, aches and tears easily - you could have lacerated the cornea. It will heal - but not usually without a patch and some eye drops. I've done this a couple of times over the years - once with eyeliner and once when my son was a baby his fingernail got me. You might want to get this cheked out. THe only way they can see the laceration is by putting some special drops in the eye and looking at it with a special light. Good luck. You will find it very difficult to study or read or focus unless you get it taken care of. __________________ Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results!

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