The conjunctiva is a thin membrane that covers the inside of the eyelids and the white part of the eye (sclera), making a continuous sealed area that nothing can escape from except the front.
Also the area behind/around the eye is cushioned by fat and muscle so there's no room for it. Your eyes don't bounce around for a reason.
When the eyelash randomly disappears, I assume your eyelids managed to sweep it into the middle and pick it up when they opened again. If you gently brush your eyelashes, the loose one might fall out. Unfortunately mine are a real pain to get out so they don't just disappear :')
Hopping on this helpful and informative post to add my own tidbit: If you find you get loose eyelashes in your eyes a lot, or that they seem to curl inward and poke your eye a lot, see your optometrist about the possibility of blepharitis--a chronic inflammation of the eyelids. It's a lifelong condition, no cure, but there is a pretty simple daily treatment and hopping on it will drastically improve your quality of life. I used to think it was normal to constantly want to rub your eyes because they itched--surprise! It's not.
The traditional way is to scoop out your eyeballs and blast bug spray into the sockets. Can't say I recommend it as they just tend to take refuge in the brain, and if you don't kill them you'll really piss them off. Better just to cancel all your TV subscription services and read 18th century literature for at least 6 hours a day. There is a fair chance they will just get bored and leave of their own accord.
I’d like to go on the record as saying
:::spoiler spoiler
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAÄAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
:::
I like how it has text saying "don't sleep in your contacts" as if that's the real issue, rather than this lady being an idiot. Like she slept in them and woke up the next day thinking "Oh well, guess it just dissolved in my eyeball, time to put more contacts in!"
Wow, that was utterly vile, thank you for explaining to the world why I wear glasses when I need to see shit. God damn, Funkhauser school of funnily disgusting!
I saw the green and immediately thought "algae" but that'd be nearly impossible in the eyeball. And if it was she'd have way bigger concerns than the lenses
I have this fear that every time I eat instant ramen a little bit gets stuck and one day they'll have to cut me open to pull it all out like hair in the drain.
42 Comments
rockerface@lemmy.cafe · 87 pts · 119d
don't worry, eyelashes are biodegradable so the old ones have probably already decayed and got reabsorbed into your body :)
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world · 103 pts · 119d
Yeah, the eyelashes get absorbed into the eyeball; it's basic eyeballogy.
idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works · 26 pts · 119d
Tear is stored in the (eye)ball
_g_be@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 119d
This guy knows ball
raicon@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 119d
thats why I eat mines, no energy wasted
Eyekaytee@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 119d
good on the body for recycling, that's nice :)
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 119d
Or just turned into eye boogers
otter@lemmy.ca · 64 pts · 118d
If anyone is actually worried about this
The conjunctiva is a thin membrane that covers the inside of the eyelids and the white part of the eye (sclera), making a continuous sealed area that nothing can escape from except the front.
Also the area behind/around the eye is cushioned by fat and muscle so there's no room for it. Your eyes don't bounce around for a reason.
When the eyelash randomly disappears, I assume your eyelids managed to sweep it into the middle and pick it up when they opened again. If you gently brush your eyelashes, the loose one might fall out. Unfortunately mine are a real pain to get out so they don't just disappear :')
other_cat@piefed.zip · 21 pts · 118d
Hopping on this helpful and informative post to add my own tidbit: If you find you get loose eyelashes in your eyes a lot, or that they seem to curl inward and poke your eye a lot, see your optometrist about the possibility of blepharitis--a chronic inflammation of the eyelids. It's a lifelong condition, no cure, but there is a pretty simple daily treatment and hopping on it will drastically improve your quality of life. I used to think it was normal to constantly want to rub your eyes because they itched--surprise! It's not.
quips@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 118d
They caught this bug in the beta release
bampop@lemmy.world · 62 pts · 118d
As a doctor, I can assure you there is never any buildup of eyelashes behind your eyeball. The spiders eat them all.
ddplf@szmer.info · 24 pts · 118d
The funniest part - this is unironically true. Yes, really.
I'm an internet commentator.
ptolemai@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 118d
Whirring sound of sonic screwdriver
JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 118d
Dr bampop, please advise how to exterminate our ocular spider infestation.
bampop@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 118d
The traditional way is to scoop out your eyeballs and blast bug spray into the sockets. Can't say I recommend it as they just tend to take refuge in the brain, and if you don't kill them you'll really piss them off. Better just to cancel all your TV subscription services and read 18th century literature for at least 6 hours a day. There is a fair chance they will just get bored and leave of their own accord.
thirstyhyena@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 118d
Are eyelashes digestible? Or do the spiders have stomach full of them?
orenj@leminal.space · 2 pts · 118d
another reason to love spiders <3
troot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 53 pts · 119d
There are some contact lenses too.
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub · 14 pts · 118d
Indeed
LuminousLuddite@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 119d
Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org · 44 pts · 118d
There's a fix for that.
early_riser@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 117d
Eye scream scoop
humorlessrepost@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 118d
I prefer a corkscrew.
maccentric@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 118d
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kJlLljtMdew&pp=
Drusas@fedia.io · 18 pts · 119d
What? This happens to people?
Anytime I get an eyelash on my eye, it stays there being obnoxious until I remove it.
db2@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 119d
https://youtu.be/YBA_AOWUMo8
Gullible@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 119d
I’d like to go on the record as saying :::spoiler spoiler AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAÄAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :::
idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 119d
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 118d
“Are you uncomfortable with eye contact?”
Ibisalt@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 119d
I heard that story and this came into my mind immediately.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 118d
I like how it has text saying "don't sleep in your contacts" as if that's the real issue, rather than this lady being an idiot. Like she slept in them and woke up the next day thinking "Oh well, guess it just dissolved in my eyeball, time to put more contacts in!"
Godric@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 119d
Wow, that was utterly vile, thank you for explaining to the world why I wear glasses when I need to see shit. God damn, Funkhauser school of funnily disgusting!
db2@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 118d
The green makes it look worse, it's just a dye to make it easier to identify the lenses.
tpyo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 118d
I saw the green and immediately thought "algae" but that'd be nearly impossible in the eyeball. And if it was she'd have way bigger concerns than the lenses
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 119d
:C
PopcornPrincess@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 118d
Oh my, the scraps of innocence I had are now gone. Thanks.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 118d
Hold still...
snoons@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 119d
I like it when that happens because the hairs scratch itches way back there.
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 119d
That reminds me, I need to get my eyeballs sliced to drain some floaters.
missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 119d
I have this fear that every time I eat instant ramen a little bit gets stuck and one day they'll have to cut me open to pull it all out like hair in the drain.
bridgeburner@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 119d
Nah, this is impossible
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 118d
TIHI. Didn’t expect that.
NochMehrG@feddit.org · 2 pts · 119d
Thanks for that nightmare! My day was too nice anyway..
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 118d