Doctors Find Five Contact Lenses Lost Behind Woman’s Eyeball
A team of Chinese plastic surgeons recently reported the bizarre case of a 33-year-old woman who had lost no less than five contact lenses behind her left eye. The patient, referred to only as Ms. A, arrived at the Plastic Surgery Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, in Beijing, to have her hemifacial […]
Doctor Removes 23 Forgotten Contact Lenses From Patient’s Eye
A California ophthalmologist recently shocked the internet by posting a video of herself extracting 23 forgotten contact lenses from a patient’s eye. Last month, Katerina Kurteeva, an eye doctor out of Newport Beach, California, posted an Instagram video of herself carefully removing a few contact lenses from a patient’s eye. ‘A few’ maybe isn’t the […]
Scientists Baffled by Man Who Can Change His Pupil Size on Command
A 23-year-old student in Germany can reportedly shrink and enlarge his pupils on command, a feat previously thought to be physically impossible. The dilation and constriction of the pupil were believed to be completely automated processes triggered by various factors, like entering a bright or dark environment, but a recent case study suggests that isn’t […]
Young Woman Goes Blind in One Eye After Getting Her Eyeballs Dyed Black
A 25-year-old woman from Poland has been left completely blind in her right eye and with eyesight complications in the left one after having her eyeballs dyed black by a tattoo artist in order to make herself stand out. Aleksandra Sadowska’s tragic story began four years ago, when the young girl from Wroclaw, in western […]
Woman Who Always Set Phone’s Screen Brightness to Max Ends Up with 500 Tiny Holes on Her Cornea
A young woman from Taiwan who had been using her smartphone at maximum screen brightness for two years ended up with serious damage to her left eye, including around 500 small holes on her cornea. The 25-year-old woman, surnamed Chen, works as a secretary, a job that requires her to frequently check her phone and […]
Doctors Remove Contact Lens Woman Lost 28 Years Ago, from Behind Her Eyelid
A 42-year old woman who thought her contact lens had fallen off when she was hit in the eye with a shuttlecock 28 years ago recently discovered that it had actually been lodged in her eyelid all this time. Those of us who no longer have perfect vision understand just how amazing and convenient contact […]
Woman Goes Blind in One Eye After Playing Mobile Video Game Almost Non-Stop
A 21-year-old woman from Dongguan, China, was recently diagnosed with with retinal artery obstruction in her right eye, after playing a popular smartphone game almost non-stop. The woman, known only as Wu, apparently noticed that she couldn’t see anything with her right eye on October 1st, while playing her favorite mobile game, King of Glory. Thinking […]
Rapper Defiantly Stares at Eclipse, Cancels Concerts Due to Eye Injury
New York rapper Joey Bada$$ recently announced that he had to cancel several of his upcoming shows due to “unforseen circumstances”. Seeing as he had previously boasted on Twitter that he was staring at Monday’s eclipse without eye protection, it wasn’t hard for his fans to figure out what had happened. “Am I crazy for watching the eclipse today […]
Surgeons Find 27 Contact Lenses in “Forgetful” Woman’s Eye
Can’t find your contact lenses? They’re probably still in your eye sockets. Someone should have probably told this to a 67-year-old woman from the UK who has forgotten a whopping 27 contact lenses in her eye, over the last 35 years. The bizarre discovery was made last November, when the unnamed patient came to the […]