Ever drop e-juice into your eye... DON'T!

[Omnipanzer]

Warning: do not repeat this... it was Stupid and there is literally nothing to gain by doing it!


So two days ago I was sitting at my desk at home and putting in some allergy eye drops. I then went to fill my new Protank 2 and it dawned on me that these would be two bottles I would not like to mix up. Last night I was watching something on Amazon Prime and my eyes were just killing me so I went for the bottle of eye drops. I pulled my eyelid back and waited... and waited. Just when I looked up to see what the hold up was I simultaneously saw the bottle with one eye and was blinded in the other. A slow burn started in which got very intense very quickly. I once got a shard of glass stuck in my cornea, this was worse... but luckily far easier to remedy. It really felt like my eyeball was being eroded by acid. As i ran to the sink I did get a weird bit of a head rush and for a quick moment I was worried I'd pass out before I made it to the sink (but didn't). I flushed it with water which relived the pain pretty quickly and I was left with random shooting pains whenever I moved my eye for about another hour.

So this is maybe one of the most embarrassing things I've ever done (not drop the juice but been so careless with it) so I thought I'd share it with the webz in order to enlighten my vaping brethren and sistren.

 

[bacc.vap]

A couple weeks ago I grabbed my PV which had been sitting over night, some juice had leaked and I did'nt realize it right away. I realized it pretty quick when I wiped my eye and smeared juice in it (24mg), it was pretty bad for about ten mnutes, and took about two days for my eye to feel back to normal. Definitely don't recommend it to anyone.

 

[ScottP]

Ouch! I can imagine how that must have felt. My wife once accidentally mixed up some ear drops with her eye drops. That appeared to be a pretty bad mistake as well.

 

[Vapo Marx]

Uggh, what a terrible thing to happen. I'm glad you're OK. I guess this serves as a reminder that although we tend to become a bit cavalier in handling our e-juice after we've been vaping for a while, we must never forget that it CAN be hazardous.

 

[Leothwyn]

Back when I started vaping, my options were those little foam cartridges or dripping. I don't remember which one would do it, but for some reason it would occasionally pop and spit out a little hot juice. One time it shot hot juice right into my eye...
I definitely do not recommend hot juice in the eye!

 

[djtonyb]

I grabbed my PV about six months ago and nonchalantly flipped it toward my face to take a drag... did not know about the juice condensed in the mouthpiece. It lobbed itself in a perfect arc over my glasses and into my left eye. Bonus: It was a strong menthol. After 10 minutes of rinsing, I could finally see again, but my eye continued to feel "minty fresh" for about 6 hours.

 

[durianeliquidflavorplease]

LOL, "eye-dropper bottle."

Seriously, good thing you weren't seriously harmed.

 

[Omnipanzer]

Haha, you guys are starting to make me feel a little better although I think purposely dropping it directly into ones eye still takes the cake.

 

[Robino1]

Toward the end of last year, I think it was, another member had posted that they did the same thing. Just letting you know, you aren't the only one to do this.

Keep eye drops somewhere you have to physically get up and go get them. The other person, if I remember correctly, had them in his nightstand and was not paying attention to which bottle he grabbed.


Why do I remember this stuff yet can't remember birthdays? I don't even use eye drops...

 

[r77r7r]

Ouchy!! Had almost the same confusion myself a few nites ago, but with nasal drops. Not as bad as nic, but pretty potent.

Of course since the first drops burned, I reapplied, lol.

Worst part is, after the burn went away- my eye was very clear and felt good, lol. Since it did, according to some behavior disorder I have, I feel the need to try it again.

 

[Vapo Marx]

FWIW, my best friend keeps her Visine in the fridge. She finds it more soothing to use if it's cold.

 

[greenskeeper805]

I know the feeling. Didn't wash my hands as well as I should of to clean the juice off my fingers one night and went to take out my contacts. Felt like a hot needle going into my cornea! Better bet I make sure now to wash my hands very thoroughly before taking them out now.

 

[tenchi_kioto]

Long time ago.. Put contact cleaner in my eye.. Had to wear a patch for a week.. burned the top layer off.. I learned to triple check everything I put in my eyes...

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[wbart]

Safety Goggles all the time from now on.

 

[TokyoTony]

I've done the opposite - dripped with my eye drops. Fortunately, I realized before I vaped.

 

[tA71ana]

Years ago I almost did something like this but it was a bottle of super glue O.O
After that I kept my bottle of eye drops separate from other bottles of like size (I had the super glue on my desk along with the bottle of eye drops).
Man, that was close!

 

[Omnipanzer]

The part that kills me is that I recognized the danger 48 hours in advance and did nothing.
Self fulfilling prophecy?

 

[Bryan lord]

Took my contacts out with juice residue on my finger, hurt for 2 days!


-Lord

 

[omenwolf]

I smeared some 18mg in my eye, that was pretty bad. But how many have gotten it up their nose?!?!?! I was smelling a few juices I got and squeezed one a bit too much and got a big drop in my nose, HOLY CRAP I was sneezing one after another for almost a half hour!!!! I wouldn't recommend that one either lol.

 

[Bulls_Bears_CHI]

WOW! Be careful next time