How to get something out of your eye

Step 3: No joy? Keep at it...

If the particle is behind your upper eyelid, Pull your upper eyelid over the lower one and roll your eye upwards.

Comments

[jemcmiller]

I've had something in my eye since yesterday! I went to bed early because I couldn't take it anymore. I hoped sleep would do the trick. Nope, Still there! I was desperate to get it out and not have to go to the Dr. I did a search and your advice was first to come up. I tried tip #3 a couple times to no avail, but I kept trying. It worked. So thankful!

[khyndman]

Thank you soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much! I was getting so scared I was going to have "sand" in my eye forever

[mahtabmd]

Hi , Thanks a lot for your help.. I was feeling irritated with something stuck under my upper eyelid. I am relieved using the step-3 . i just want to thank you from bottom of my heart....

Thanks and Regards,
Mahtab Md.

[htruelson]

OMG!!! I have no words to say how much I can thank you for Step 3! I have had this IRRITATING pain for about nearly 2 days and i thought i had my eye scratched, I tryed all kinds of techniques with flushing out water or blink hard and finally you helped me in 1 MINUTE! Thank you so much for making my day ever so brighter.

[Jomack07]

Amazing!!!! I just had to wake my husband up in the middle of the night to go to the store to get some eyedrops for me. I couldn't even close my eyes it hurt so bad. Tried this step while he was gone and it worked. OMG thank you soooo much!!!! Now I can go back on the boat tomorrow for some holiday weekend fun! :)

[XLorigonzX]

Thank you!!!!!! I was riding my bike in a gravel trail and got a teeny yiny rock sick in my eye for over an hour. I was contemplating going to the ER since my eyes started swelling a bit and randomly twitching. I came across your guide and it worked like a charm! I appreciate it greatly!!!!!!!!!

[triafgg]

Step 3 Saved me from a visit to A&E, and a miserable evening, thank you so much. I had tried pulling the top eyelid over but it didn't work until I tried it with rolling up the eye and the big blink. Superb.

[dreams n chains]

Riding my scooter to work tonight and in spite a visor and windscreen on my bike... something got in my eye. Have spent the last 5 hours attempting to get it out and and was sure my eye must be scratched. I had already tried the upper eye-lid over bottom without success. thank goodness for your instructable! Rolling the eye upward is the trick while holding the upper eyelid over the bottom. Thank You!

[Enjay79]

step 3 worked for me too (pulling the upper eyelid over the lower one and rolling the eye ball)!! Thank you so much

[shannonlove]

This step worked for me. A gust of wind blew several intact oak stamina right into my one good eye. Just lifted my specs for a second. A rather agonizing 15 minutes stumbling around largely blinded.

I tried flush and everything else but I couldn't remember the eye rotation. Fortunately, I could type by touch and read enough to get here

Back in the stone age when I was in the Scouts we memorized steps to clear our eyes. I thought I'd never forget them. Apparently I did. 

[stormeye]

Step 3 did the trick - made my evening so much nicer. Thank you!

[Rusty1215]

I had already tried putting upper lid over bottom lid and it didn't work. When I tried your method with rolling the eye upward while doing that, IT WORKED!! Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

[showard5]

Thank you so so so much! I was starting to wonder if I had scratched my cornea because whatever it was I could not find it! Tried the pulling my top lid over my bottom one trick and it worked after 2 tries! *hugs* You saved Thanksgiving!

[Lithium Rain]

You're welcome! I'm glad this was helpful! :) *returns hugs*

[pwhalin]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I HAVE TRIED SO MANY THINGS FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF! STEP 3 WORKED!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pkhare3]

This method worked after 30 minutes. Back to making my shelf.

[RealSlimShady]

Oh... so i dont have pink eye! YAY! thanks to this method i am no longer a unhappy person and i can FINALLY play Modern Warfare 3 without blinking!!! THANKS!

[eberkowitz]

It worked! Thank you so much!!! Now I can go on with my day. :)

[MsFusspot]

I did not expect the pulling-the-top-eyelid-over-the- bottom -one- and- rolling- the- eye -back thing to work for one minute. But it did. In fact all the other websites had convinced me I had a mildly scratched cornea even tho I was sure something was still in my eye (despite having rinsed it several times and not being able to see any 'particles' in it) so I thought I would have to put up with the horrid scratchy feeling for a day or two and it was extremely irritating and unwelcome ...THANK YOU VERY MUCH for instantly and improbably restoring my wellbeing. xxx

[olemonjello]

THANK YOU SO MUCH... now back to the ceiling tiles

[dpiper3]

You sir are an absolute genius, tried everything else and nothing shifted it. Did the eye ball roll lid trick once and perfect! Life saver :D!!!

[jwhite24]

Oh my goodness, thank you! I've had something in my eye for over 12 hours and nothing has worked. It even stayed while I slept.

[Lithium Rain]

You're welcome! I'm really glad this helped you.

[number10s]

I cant even explane how grateful i am to you thank you sooo much and god bless u

[Lithium Rain]

Awwww, thanks. :)

[kventura]

holy cow, this advice should not be free it works so well the first time. thanks

[Lithium Rain]

:D I'm glad it helped!

[eglove]

Thank you so much!!!! I had a miserable day and looked online as a last resort!
I'm so grateful :)

[Lithium Rain]

You're very welcome! I'm glad it helped you.

[lun0s]

Jumping on this train! This worked for me the first time, had something in my eye for like 12 hours(including sleep time). Than you SO much

[Lithium Rain]

You're welcome! Thanks for taking the time to mention how much this has helped you! :)

[jcooper3]

WOW amazing!!! I was almost to the point of going to a doctor b/c i could get whatever was in my eye out. I tried all previous steps and none of it worked but this step work the very 1st time!!! Thanks so much!!!

[Lithium Rain]

Yay! You're welcome!

[RelievedatLast707]

THANK YOU tremendously! this step was like magic, i thought i was going insane there for an hour or so.

[Lithium Rain]

Yay! I'm so glad it helped you!

[Instructadude5000]

This is an awesome instructable! I was putting up a sliding door in my house when a little piece of Sheetrock fell into my eye (I was even wearing safety glasses to prevent this!) I used your roll the eye method while holding the upper lid down and it work! Thank you very much! Keep up with the good work!!

[Lithium Rain]

Thank you - I'm so glad it helped! You're very welcome. :)

[moocowman89]

THIS ONE WORKED!!!!! I had a rock in my eye for over an hour, and first try...its gone!

[Lithium Rain]

A rock? Ouch. >_< I'm so happy this worked for you - thanks for letting me know! :)

[blackkat7073]

Wow, I had something stuck for awhile and I couldn't sleep. I was getting so desperate I didn't know what to do. I finally went online thinking trying this would be hopeless but it worked. The roll your eye method saved me. Thank you vary much.