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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?

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BauhausOfEliott · 28/11/2025 22:53

WHAT have I just read?

murasaki · 28/11/2025 22:49

Eye think it's a shameless attempt to get into classic threads.

Pusstachio · 28/11/2025 22:49

Obvs I wash them daily, with the song. I do my head, shoulders, knees and toes and then finish up with eyes and ears and mouth and nose then rinse off my head, shoulders knees and toes, knees and toes

UnctuousUnicorns · 28/11/2025 22:49

Don't balls it up, OP. Best to keep a lid on it.

SouthernNights59 · 28/11/2025 22:48

Of course they are self-cleaning and no, you don't wash them in the shower.

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HumourMeThis · 28/11/2025 22:46

GoodQueenWenceslaus · 28/11/2025 22:45

Resist it. It's quite funny once, do it again and it will just get tedious

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eye don’t know what you mean.

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gamerchick · 28/11/2025 22:45

DisappointedD · 28/11/2025 21:13

They are definitely self cleaning! So much so that mine don’t stop and run constantly! Blocked oil duct apparently.

You can’t actually be being serious though surely?

Johnson's baby shampoo. A little bit on a cotton bud, run it over the lower lid and it'll clear the tear ducts.

I get it as well.

GingerPaste · 28/11/2025 22:45

ForZanyAquaViewer · 28/11/2025 21:12

What the hell have I just read?

😂
Pretty sure this is a wind-up thread!

GoodQueenWenceslaus · 28/11/2025 22:45

HumourMeThis · 28/11/2025 22:39

If you like this, keep your eye out for more of my posts!

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Resist it. It's quite funny once, do it again and it will just get tedious

Nannyfannybanny · 28/11/2025 22:43

You said you get conjunctivitis and infections, your eyes do self clean. The have vitreous and aquas humur, oils and saline solution..

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HumourMeThis · 28/11/2025 22:43

AwfullyGood · 28/11/2025 22:40

I think you are winding us up!

Why do you think we blink? It's a self cleaning mechanism.

Why you you think that occassionally people wake up with crushy eyes? It's the build up causes by not blinking while sleeping.

Why do you think your eyes water if you get a stray eyelash etc? To get it out.

These are all self cleaning fuction of the eye!

Of course I’m not. You shower daily, wash everywhere but yours eyes? At least tell me you use 6-8 drops of saline morning and night to keep the yuckies away?

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lifeonmars100 · 28/11/2025 22:42

I exfoliate mine, brings em up lovely and gleaming

Zov · 28/11/2025 22:42

Not sure how Santa got there sorry! ^

Zov · 28/11/2025 22:42

HumourMeThis · 28/11/2025 22:39

If you like this, keep your eye out for more of my posts!

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Eye eye Captain! 🎅

UnctuousUnicorns · 28/11/2025 22:41

I take mine out and leave them in hypochloric acid overnight. 👀

Seriously, the OP is either a troll or a fucking loon. My eyes are watering just thinking about it. 😭

AwfullyGood · 28/11/2025 22:40

I think you are winding us up!

Why do you think we blink? It's a self cleaning mechanism.

Why you you think that occassionally people wake up with crushy eyes? It's the build up causes by not blinking while sleeping.

Why do you think your eyes water if you get a stray eyelash etc? To get it out.

These are all self cleaning fuction of the eye!

GoodQueenWenceslaus · 28/11/2025 22:39

HumourMeThis · 28/11/2025 21:42

well no because the GP doesn’t routinely tell you not to use soap in your minge either, or to wash between your toes. It’s just one of those things that are either common sense or not important enough to mention I guess.

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But you're suggesting it's essential in order to stop conjunctivitis. You can't have it both ways.

Christmasfairyishairy · 28/11/2025 22:39

Omg no don't wash your eyeballs

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HumourMeThis · 28/11/2025 22:39

Redpeach · 28/11/2025 22:37

This wind up is your eye-dea of fun?

If you like this, keep your eye out for more of my posts!

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InterestedDad37 · 28/11/2025 22:38

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 😳

Try putting tea-tree oil shower gel in them, and really rub it in - that'll surely help 🚿🫧🧼

Zov · 28/11/2025 22:38

Redpeach · 28/11/2025 22:37

This wind up is your eye-dea of fun?

😂

Eye don't know what the OP is playing at! 😑👀

Redpeach · 28/11/2025 22:37

This wind up is your eye-dea of fun?

Zov · 28/11/2025 22:37

HumourMeThis · 28/11/2025 21:56

I just hope this thread has been a bit of an eye opener for some.

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😆 👀

SpringIsSprung1 · 28/11/2025 22:36

Very well done op and 'looks' like it ain't done yet😎

GoodQueenWenceslaus · 28/11/2025 22:36

HumourMeThis · 28/11/2025 21:35

In a glasses (and occasion contact lense) wearer and obviously I know not to wear my contacts while swimming or showering, but that’s because the contact lenses can get water trapped behind them and some rare bugs in the water can eat away at your eyes. Rinsing your eyes in the shower isn’t the same as bathing them for longer periods in a contact lense.

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Ah, that well-known malady, eyes eaten away by rare water-borne bugs. We all know so many people that's happened to, it's a real bummer.