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To think your eyes/eyeballs aren’t self cleaning?

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HumourMeThis · 28/11/2025 21:10

I’m not sure how it came up in conversation but me and DH were rocking about showering/cleaning and DH mentioned he doesn’t open his eyes in the shower much. I asked how he cleans his eyeballs and he looked confused. Turns out he doesn’t wash his eyeballs at all. He closes his eyes and washes his face but not his actual eyes?

AIBU to tell him his eyes don’t clean themselves and he needs to open his eyes and rinse them with the shower?

OP posts:
bridgetreilly · 29/11/2025 01:12

I mean, obviously you can open your eyes underwater to see. So I suppose you can open your eyes under the shower. But do you need to? Absolutely not.

IridiumSky · 29/11/2025 01:11

Ha ha!

Good wind up, OP.

I can’t believe people are falling for this rubbish. 🙄😂

PlayingDevilsAdvocateisinteresting · 29/11/2025 00:47

RuffledKestrel · 28/11/2025 21:17

And that's just to cope with reading topics like this 😂

Washing your eyeballs with tap/shower water is more than likely to give you eye infections. Especially if you wear contacts.

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Absolutely! Tap water, even in the UK, can easily give somone an eye infection.
Anyone who wild swims in lakes etc should always wear water tight goggles.

If the OP really feels the need to wash her eyes then she should use cooled boiled water, and an eyebath, or completely clean cotton wool, dampened in the boiled water, and then dribbled into her eyes. But not introducing anything into our eyes, at anytime, is the best way to protect them from infection.

@HumourMeThis If you do ever get eye infections, please ask your GP, or at least your pharmacist, how to treat the infection - possiblly with prescribed antibiotic eye drops, depending on the cause of the infection - and then how to keep them clean after the infection has cleared up. Also, pease don't use any remedies suggested by anyone other than a medical practitioner. If you wear eye make-up, always keep it sealed when not in use, and wash any brushes straight after using them. Unless you wear an awful lot of eye make-up, you will probably have to replace your make-up before it actually runs out.

Bollihobs · 29/11/2025 00:38

HumourMeThis · 28/11/2025 21:52

Bicarbonate soda and rice wine vinegar. Apply, let sit for 3 minutes then rinse thoroughly!

You’re welcome 🫶

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Re the above - You should never mix bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) and rice wine vinegar to use as an eye wash or apply them directly to your eyes. Using these ingredients incorrectly can cause severe eye irritation, chemical burns, or permanent injury.

Bollihobs · 29/11/2025 00:36

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Bollihobs · 29/11/2025 00:30

Who had "turns out he doesn't wash his eyeballs at all" on their 2025 MN bingo card of maddest phrases and thought they had no chance of winning.......🤔😂👀

Onautopilot · 29/11/2025 00:29

Google Acanthamoeba keratitis for one very good reason not to "wash your eyeballs";it's pretty ghastly so be warned!!! In 2018 my husband contracted it from showering with his contact lenses in. You don't have to be a lens wearer to get it though. Six weeks of agony, then some very knarly 'pesticide' to kill it (a big clue is the 'aomoeba' in the name)

Chickensky · 29/11/2025 00:18

Blowing · 28/11/2025 23:43

A eye?

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Aye aye!! Missed that one myself 🤣

GaudySocks · 29/11/2025 00:17

Elbowpatch · 28/11/2025 21:25

How do you dry them?

On the radiator

pinkpony88 · 29/11/2025 00:08

😳

JFDIYOLO · 29/11/2025 00:08

I just pop them out after I've cleaned my teeth, let them bob around in the sink for for a few minutes then give them a good old whizz over with the nail brush, then in they go again, sparkling fresh.

MyCatLovesCardboard · 29/11/2025 00:07

If it’s raining, do you look up at the sky while walking to give your eyes a quick refresh?

Artmumcreative · 29/11/2025 00:03

OriginalUsername2 · 28/11/2025 21:17

I use an old toothbrush to really get the grime off

Ah, no, what you want is an electric toothbrush or even better a wire brush for REALLY getting the dirt off your eyeballs!

OP- obviously this is a joke, do NOT follow my advice!

TalkToTheHand123 · 28/11/2025 23:56

FatCatPyjamas · 28/11/2025 21:12

I lick mine like a gecko like all normal people.

😂😂😂

UnctuousUnicorns · 28/11/2025 23:54

LaMadrilena · 28/11/2025 23:13

Don't know why you're all giving the OP such a hard time. Mine go in the top tray of the dishwasher (on eco) when I go to bed. It's not like I need them overnight. Top tip: make sure the rinse aid is topped up for perfect 20-20 vision.

Do ye, eye? 🤔

Blowing · 28/11/2025 23:43

Chickensky · 28/11/2025 23:39

AI will have a field day with this...but Eye digress.

A eye?

MrsOverthinker25 · 28/11/2025 23:41

Shit, you’ve just reminded me that I’ve left my eyeballs soaking in a bowl of bleach in the bathroom!

Chickensky · 28/11/2025 23:39

AI will have a field day with this...but Eye digress.

BatshitOutofHell · 28/11/2025 23:36

HumourMeThis · 28/11/2025 21:43

I’m actually often complimented on my eyes! I’ve had a few comments about how white the whites are.. maybe that why!

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I think people are having you on.

There is no way your eyes are “clean”

shuggles · 28/11/2025 23:34

HumourMeThis · 28/11/2025 21:16

Ive always been taught to open my eyes under the shower and rinse my eyes because otherwise I would get conjunctivitis and infections because gunk builds up in them. Surely that makes sense! I can’t imagine not washing my eyes 😳

Pure water is irritating for eyes, and exposing your eyes to pure water would probably be more likely to cause an infection than just leaving them be. The only time you should irrigate your eyes if you actually have something in them.

Twilight7777 · 28/11/2025 23:29

HumourMeThis · 28/11/2025 21:10

I’m not sure how it came up in conversation but me and DH were rocking about showering/cleaning and DH mentioned he doesn’t open his eyes in the shower much. I asked how he cleans his eyeballs and he looked confused. Turns out he doesn’t wash his eyeballs at all. He closes his eyes and washes his face but not his actual eyes?

AIBU to tell him his eyes don’t clean themselves and he needs to open his eyes and rinse them with the shower?

Are you quite alright? I’m genuinely concerned for you!

Limered · 28/11/2025 23:28

How dull. Someone thinking they’re oh so original and funny starting a fake post. Stop wasting people time. Waste your own

SugarandSpiceandAllThingsNaice · 28/11/2025 23:27

You were taught wrong, in fact rising your eyes in tap water is how you can get the brain eating amoeba infection that has a 97% death rate.

Blowing · 28/11/2025 23:27

Eyes are now sparkly clean, thanks OP. Any tips on how to give my pancreas a good scrub?

titchy · 28/11/2025 23:26

Mine go in the dishwasher once a week.

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