Today, I woke up with pink eye. My mom tried to help by putting drops in. It started burning like hell; she didn't understand why. It turns out she was putting ear drops in my eye. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I accidentally sprayed some perfume in my eye. After rinsing said burning eye with water for a few minutes, I half-blindly grabbed the eyedrops my sister left on the counter and used some. They were actually tea tree oil drops. Ouch. FML
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Today, I was eating a donut and watching TV with my cat. I saw a dark glob on my shirt and ate it, thinking it was dropped icing. It was my cat's earwax. Disgusted, I ran to the bathroom and tried to rinse with hydrogen peroxide. I sprayed it in my eye. FML
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Today, I went to the doctor's to get a checkup. When the nurse stuck the Otoscope into my ear to look, she was disgusted. When she pulled it out, she told me that I had an ear infection, and that she'd popped a pimple in there by mistake. FML
Today, after an extremely hard day at work, I took a hot shower to wind down a little bit. I accidentally splashed a painful amount of hot water and shampoo in my eyes. My left contact is now stuck to my eyeball. FML
Today, I reached to pick out a booger stuck in my nose that had been irritating me, and ended up poking myself in the eye. FML
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melij99 5
If this ever happens again, quickly put some eye drops in your ears.
BlowinChronic 18
Niceeeeee, that would be why you read the label before you try and use something... FYL OP hope you feel better.
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Comments (82)
glamery 3
some of those meds are interchangeable, used for both ears and eyes...
BellaBelle_fml 23
Most eye drops are safe to be used as ear drops. And some eye drops were even designed to be used for both eyes and ears. However, it's a one way street there. All ear drops were not designed to be used in the eyes. I can understand how some people may confuse eye and ear drops as eye drops are called 'optic' medications, and ear drops are called 'otic' medications. It can also be confusing because most eye and ear drops bottles look very similar and are often stored in the same area.
katiemurdock 5
The same thing happened to me except I just had allergies
misznatasz 2
Its no biggie.. You can use ears drops for your eyes, and eye drops for your ears..
crystalchad1 2
You can use eye drops for the ears and eyes but you can only use ear drops for the ears.
perdix 31
You should have left your Pink Eye alone and said it was your way to support Breast Cancer Awareness. It's cheaper than having to grease some snooty cashier during an awkward shakedown.
ShyAnn29 15
Yes, I hate to grease people as well!
Meme1988 18
I know someone got confused between (in)eye-cream and superglue
ViQValentine 3
Oh, I know how that is. I believe from when I was 2 years old to when I was about 6, my mum pulled me around by my hair.. But subtly, of course... But anyway, I'd like to ask OP if there were labels on the bottles.. Or if his mum doesn't pay attention.. Either way, that's got to hurt like hell
DocBastard 40
Pink eye? Ha! Nice coverup. I'm not buying it. Next time, let your boyfriend "finish" somewhere other than your face.
perdix 31
Aye, Ye Olde Angry Pirate . . . Avast Ye, Mateys!
TrailblazerSS 5
Ohhhhh.. Burn. I award you 10 points.
j_cat187 20
Yarg, she sucked me'dry
eversdeens 5
The exact thing almost happened to me a few days ago. Wow.
pennies_lane 6
Almost isn't good enough
greeneyebeauty9 28
dang sorry OP. she really needs to read the label next time.
Ugi 27
You might want to check what kind of ear drops they were. Some ear drops (for removing wax) are based on hydrogen peroxide. I sure as hell wouldn't want that in my eyes and if you did then I would go and see a doctor or emergency department. Take the drops with you. Chemical burns to your eyes _will not_ make you Daredevil! If you're not sure then get it checked out.