What to do if you have eyelashes in your eyes

After an eyelash enters the eye, patients may experience discomfort such as stinging pain in the eye and a foreign body sensation. Patients may remove the eyelash through tears or cotton swabs, and if it is more difficult to remove, the foreign body may be surgically removed to relieve discomfort. The patient’s eyes into the eyelashes, eye stinging pain is obvious, will reflexively flow out a lot of tears, tears repeatedly wash the conjunctival sac, may bring the eyelashes out of the eye. If the eyelash sticks to the surface of the eye and tears cannot be flushed out, the patient can stick the fallen eyelash out by using a sterile cotton swab gently applied to the surface of the eye. If the lashes are stinging inside the eye tissue and are more difficult to remove with the usual conservative treatment, patients can have the lashes surgically removed, which is done under a microscope with specialized instruments. It is recommended that patients with foreign objects in their eyes seek prompt medical attention to evaluate their condition and follow their doctor’s instructions.