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cbdo2007

(9,213 posts) Thu Apr 3, 2014, 09:51 AM Apr 2014

OUCH - I must be getting old because I have a hair growing on....

the inside of my eyelid.

The FREAKING INSIDE OF MY FREAKING EYELID!! THE PART THAT FACES THE EYE!!! So it just scratches my eye all day. I've tried to look for it to pluck but haven't found it yet but I had another one of these about 6 months ago.

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OUCH - I must be getting old because I have a hair growing on.... (Original Post) cbdo2007 Apr 2014 OP

and if you do find and pluck it??? It'll just come back a little more stiff and straight. a kennedy Apr 2014 #1

I can probably handle doing this once every 6 months....it's just finding it that seems to be the cbdo2007 Apr 2014 #19

I've recently read a number of lovely things about getting older. DebJ Apr 2014 #2

Oh, and don't forget pipi_k Apr 2014 #7

Oh no, what does that portend for me? DebJ Apr 2014 #11

Oh damn! pipi_k Apr 2014 #15

LOL DebJ Apr 2014 #16

Whoa! pipi_k Apr 2014 #17

I could take both of you on with my combat boots Skittles Apr 2014 #25

My eyes are tired... at first I thought you typed 'boobs'. n/t DebJ Apr 2014 #26

Great. Another part of old age I can look forward to. In_The_Wind Apr 2014 #3

May you be.... lastlib Apr 2014 #5

and the same to you, lastlib ... In_The_Wind Apr 2014 #9

Have you seen the show Believe? Your little butterfly plays a part in it. n/t DebJ Apr 2014 #12

I have as much hair as I did when I was 18 Major Nikon Apr 2014 #4

Prior to 30 - no ear hair, after 30..... cbdo2007 Apr 2014 #20

Just pay your kids a nickle for each one they can find Major Nikon Apr 2014 #22

I've had a hair growing on the roof of my mouth.... lastlib Apr 2014 #6

I've heard of that pinboy3niner Apr 2014 #8

What! Why???? Sweet Freedom Apr 2014 #13

you need to consult an eye doc Skittles Apr 2014 #10

that sounds like it sucks.... cbdo2007 Apr 2014 #18

it does suck and it's not something you should mess with yourself Skittles Apr 2014 #24

I'd check with the doc at least - corneal abrasions are no joke! hedgehog Apr 2014 #21

Ow, ow, ow, ow Sweet Freedom Apr 2014 #14

Reminds me of when I had an eyelash in my eye for at least a year Cali_Democrat Apr 2014 #23

a kennedy

(29,710 posts)

1. and if you do find and pluck it??? It'll just come back a little more stiff and straight.

Reply to cbdo2007 (Original post)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 09:54 AM

Apr 2014

I hate those, and I'm trying to leave one alone that I have plucked and now it's just growing straight out......but, I guess I will have to pluck it because it's still bugging me........D*mn. Good luck with yours.

cbdo2007

(9,213 posts)

19. I can probably handle doing this once every 6 months....it's just finding it that seems to be the

Reply to a kennedy (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 04:24 PM

Apr 2014

tough part. i can hardly even see in there!

Good luck with yours too!

DebJ

(7,699 posts)

2. I've recently read a number of lovely things about getting older.

Reply to cbdo2007 (Original post)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 09:58 AM

Apr 2014

As I am experiencing some of these things now at age 58, I wondered first why no one warns you of this stuff.
Then I realized its just too gross to discuss.

Like your nose and feet keep growing. Yuk.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)

7. Oh, and don't forget

Reply to DebJ (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 11:16 AM

Apr 2014

your ears.

They keep growing too! For real.

As for me, it's just my feet. My legs are shrinking (pants/jeans in the "tall" sizes are now just a bit too long for me) and my feet are growing.

It's almost like melting from the top down, and then one day you look in the mirror and you're nothing but a puddle of two monstrous feet with a head on top.

So anyway, my shoe size, a 7 1/2 Medium width (when I was 14 or so) has grown to a size 11 WWW.

Depressing.

DebJ

(7,699 posts)

11. Oh no, what does that portend for me?

Reply to pipi_k (Reply #7)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 01:21 PM

Apr 2014

I started out as a 9C and I'm up to an 11 WWW, can see me needing a WWWW though.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)

15. Oh damn!

Reply to DebJ (Reply #11)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 02:07 PM

Apr 2014

You'll be wearing these soon...

DebJ

(7,699 posts)

16. LOL

Reply to pipi_k (Reply #15)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 02:16 PM

Apr 2014

My 6'11" son wears a size 19 or 20. He's only 32.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)

17. Whoa!

Reply to DebJ (Reply #16)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 02:25 PM

Apr 2014

I think that's like two sizes down from the largest size I ever saw!

They would have floated the entire French Navy...

Skittles

(153,193 posts)

25. I could take both of you on with my combat boots

Reply to DebJ (Reply #16)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 05:57 PM

Apr 2014

yes INDEED

DebJ

(7,699 posts)

26. My eyes are tired... at first I thought you typed 'boobs'. n/t

Reply to Skittles (Reply #25)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 09:06 PM

Apr 2014

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

3. Great. Another part of old age I can look forward to.

Reply to cbdo2007 (Original post)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 10:21 AM

Apr 2014

I pluck a stray hair here and there. But having a hair growing on the inside of my eyelid would freak me out.

lastlib

(23,290 posts)

5. May you be....

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 11:02 AM

Apr 2014

..Forever Young!

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

9. and the same to you, lastlib ...

Reply to lastlib (Reply #5)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 11:33 AM

Apr 2014

DebJ

(7,699 posts)

12. Have you seen the show Believe? Your little butterfly plays a part in it. n/t

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 01:22 PM

Apr 2014

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

4. I have as much hair as I did when I was 18

Reply to cbdo2007 (Original post)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 10:57 AM

Apr 2014

Some of it has just migrated to other areas.

cbdo2007

(9,213 posts)

20. Prior to 30 - no ear hair, after 30.....

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #4)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 04:26 PM

Apr 2014

one day I just woke up and it looked like there was a black cotton ball in there there was so much hair. It was really depressing, so now I just pluck it all out all the time. I have young kids so I probably spend more time plucking my ear hair than any of my other hobbies.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

22. Just pay your kids a nickle for each one they can find

Reply to cbdo2007 (Reply #20)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 04:38 PM

Apr 2014

lastlib

(23,290 posts)

6. I've had a hair growing on the roof of my mouth....

Reply to cbdo2007 (Original post)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 11:05 AM

Apr 2014

...for about three years now. Imagine constantly feeling like you have a hair in your mouth, and you can't get it out, no matter how hard you try...! It's a bee-otch!

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

8. I've heard of that

Reply to lastlib (Reply #6)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 11:26 AM

Apr 2014

They say they get you while you're sleeping.

Sweet Freedom

(3,995 posts)

13. What! Why????

Reply to lastlib (Reply #6)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 01:49 PM

Apr 2014

Oh dear Lord

No one has even mentioned that possibility. How does that happen?!

Skittles

(153,193 posts)

10. you need to consult an eye doc

Reply to cbdo2007 (Original post)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 11:57 AM

Apr 2014

perhaps they can buzz the root or something

cbdo2007

(9,213 posts)

18. that sounds like it sucks....

Reply to Skittles (Reply #10)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 04:21 PM

Apr 2014

Anything that sounds like it will be occurring on the inside of my eyelid sounds like it sucks

Skittles

(153,193 posts)

24. it does suck and it's not something you should mess with yourself

Reply to cbdo2007 (Reply #18)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 05:49 PM

Apr 2014

get ye to an eye doc and have them assess - you don't need that thing growing over and over

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)

21. I'd check with the doc at least - corneal abrasions are no joke!

Reply to Skittles (Reply #10)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 04:34 PM

Apr 2014

Sweet Freedom

(3,995 posts)

14. Ow, ow, ow, ow

Reply to cbdo2007 (Original post)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 01:52 PM

Apr 2014

Ow!

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)

23. Reminds me of when I had an eyelash in my eye for at least a year

Reply to cbdo2007 (Original post)

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 05:21 PM

Apr 2014

Anytime I would rub my right eye, it would feel awkward and hurt just a tiny tiny bit, but no real pain.

I figured it was something I would have to live with. Then one day I decided to take a real close look and there was an eyelash way up in there.

Took me a while to wash it out, but I eventually got the sucker.

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