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[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Found out about these when I was a kid. I was thrilled. When I was very little, my mom owned a grooming shop, and I basically had 1 million pets. Then she closed down, and we just had our dog and a cat. Weird little 5 year old me loved the idea that I had thousands of little pets that's slept on my face and came out to play while I slept

[–] TrickDacy 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's the best possible reaction to this :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I will admit that since I've started wearing glasses, my eyes often burn really badly (I don't know if they're related or just weird timing), and I sometimes wonder if my little friends are pissed about the change and getting into my eyes. Lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You may be allergic to the metal (IIRC nickel) in normal metal glasses if that's what you have. For people with that, which is common, titanium is the only metal kind that will work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They're from Zenni, but they have no bottom frame. I have no idea what metal they're made of. I'd really never considered that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Almost all contain nickel and nickel allergies are common. I have it!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I figure you'd also have a rash if it was a sensitivity strong enough to make your eyes burn, but the only other things I could think of I feel you'd already have figured out... Not blinking enough cause no wind on your eyes to help trigger blinking, eyelashes getting in your eye, or eye fatigue from the correction and not taking breaks to look at something far away..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if the lenses are off gassing? They're a type of plastic. But most likely I think I just have a face that the US would try to deliver democracy to if they found out about lmao

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

lmao that's a funny way to put it. I honestly have no clue about outgassing, I've worn glasses my whole life and I don't recall ever having issues. I also have no allergies or sensitivities whatsoever though. My partner is sure that it's just eye strain or adjusting to the new "biome" of stale air you have for your eyes now, she just got a pair after needing them for years and she had a lot of trouble adjusting to them and still never wears them all the time.

I never would have thought of burning as a way to describe it but I looked it up and apparently it is a fairly common concern if you never wore glasses and got a large prescription, the glasses focus the light in on your eyes and your eyes aren't used to that. I actually do have trouble in daylight cause of my extreme prescription and never thought it could be possibly related to the glasses, I just thought it was that way due to my silver irides.

[–] Jumi 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe you're allergic to something in your glasses

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's interesting. I hadn't really considered that. It really only happens towards the end of the day, I just assumed it was a buildup of oils/skin cells/daily detritus that isn't getting either blown away by air, because the lenses are blocking it, or dried out for the same reason. They're Zenni frames and lenses

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do you wear a belt? Do you develop a rash on your underbelly where it touches the buckle?

Can you guess how I learned I was allergic to nickel?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Nope, no rashes that I've noticed. But I stopped wearing a belt last year. No good for my body shape. Lol. Swapped it for suspenders, so now I look like a simple country lawyer. Lmao