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Was cleaning a toilet when some water flicked at my face. was wearing my glasses but still worried it got in my eye. i cried, to try to flush it. ?

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Dr. Richard Bensinger answered

Not a problem: Your eye is very effective at getting rid of things that enter it since the tear flow is constant and flushes out the eye. The splash you got would be quickly flushed out with the first blink and the continuous tear flow.

Answered 2/3/2016

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A member asked:

Was cleaning a toilet when some water flicked at my face. was wearing my glasses but still worried it got in my eye. i cried, to try to flush it. ?

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Dr. Richard Bensinger answered

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