taintz
Well-Known Member
I sat down awhile ago with the plan to have a play with some gel nail art on some tips and on myself and decided in order to do this I needed to make up a few nice colours.
So I use these small spoons to do my mixing that I got off of a qantas flight (the stirrer in the coffee pack) which is easy enough. And then to clean the spoons I just use acetone on a Graham Pad
Well As I wiped the Graham Pad down my spoon it actually dripped and collected in the wellof the spoon and as I let go of the spoon it flung straight up into my face depositing approximtely half a teaspoon of Pure Acetone in my right eye.
Well in a tonne of pain and absolutely sure I was never going to see again I just screamed at the top of my lungs for my Mum who thought BTW my dog had done something terribly wrong and was ignoring me. Until I kept going :Scared:
I jumped under the sink with my parents myself and my dogs freaking out with my actions. Mum got on the phone to the hospital who said just call an ambulance (nope no eye kit at home no MSDS nothing - STUPID)
I jumped under the shower with lukewarm water running over my face while we waited for the ambulance to arrive. They ushered me into the Ambulance with Sterilised water further irrigating my eye and I finally stopped sobbing. (this kills forever! and the irrigating makes it far more intense but it has to be done!)
Get into hospital where they have 2 saline bags waiting for this crazy woman who somehow got acetone IN her eye I mean HOW do you do that?? (The question asked by EVERYONE) Even on one of the websites we vistied it started with -
"First of All How did you get acetone in your eye You Dickhead"
And followed with - "I Suppose if you are reading this you are not the one with Acetone in your eyes"
I had to laugh at that
In Hospital they put a suction cup style thing on my eyeball under my eyelids with a hole in the top that connects to the saline bag (eww) and then pumped the saline through (which has you crying and squirming even after the anesthetic)
I ended up with a few scratches on my cornea (?) and on antibiotic eyedrops every 2 hours for a couple of weeks and come today I can finally see out of it properly again.
Now - A long story I know but I didn't see this as any risk to me when I was doing it! SO maybe you don't either.
My normal glasses woud not have stopped the acetone because of the angle it came up on.
BUT If I had only been wearing safety glasses I would have spared myself and my family alot of pain, fear and $$$
Be Careful You can't be doing nails anymore without your sight.
So - Who else has found themselves in casualty or an ambulance or even at the doctors after working??
So I use these small spoons to do my mixing that I got off of a qantas flight (the stirrer in the coffee pack) which is easy enough. And then to clean the spoons I just use acetone on a Graham Pad
Well As I wiped the Graham Pad down my spoon it actually dripped and collected in the wellof the spoon and as I let go of the spoon it flung straight up into my face depositing approximtely half a teaspoon of Pure Acetone in my right eye.
Well in a tonne of pain and absolutely sure I was never going to see again I just screamed at the top of my lungs for my Mum who thought BTW my dog had done something terribly wrong and was ignoring me. Until I kept going :Scared:
I jumped under the sink with my parents myself and my dogs freaking out with my actions. Mum got on the phone to the hospital who said just call an ambulance (nope no eye kit at home no MSDS nothing - STUPID)
I jumped under the shower with lukewarm water running over my face while we waited for the ambulance to arrive. They ushered me into the Ambulance with Sterilised water further irrigating my eye and I finally stopped sobbing. (this kills forever! and the irrigating makes it far more intense but it has to be done!)
Get into hospital where they have 2 saline bags waiting for this crazy woman who somehow got acetone IN her eye I mean HOW do you do that?? (The question asked by EVERYONE) Even on one of the websites we vistied it started with -
"First of All How did you get acetone in your eye You Dickhead"
And followed with - "I Suppose if you are reading this you are not the one with Acetone in your eyes"
I had to laugh at that
In Hospital they put a suction cup style thing on my eyeball under my eyelids with a hole in the top that connects to the saline bag (eww) and then pumped the saline through (which has you crying and squirming even after the anesthetic)
I ended up with a few scratches on my cornea (?) and on antibiotic eyedrops every 2 hours for a couple of weeks and come today I can finally see out of it properly again.
Now - A long story I know but I didn't see this as any risk to me when I was doing it! SO maybe you don't either.
My normal glasses woud not have stopped the acetone because of the angle it came up on.
BUT If I had only been wearing safety glasses I would have spared myself and my family alot of pain, fear and $$$
Be Careful You can't be doing nails anymore without your sight.
So - Who else has found themselves in casualty or an ambulance or even at the doctors after working??