Eyelash curler nightmare: Woman’s sneeze leaves her lashless

The pain of beauty is real ladies (and fabulous men). Brace yourself for the images you’re about to see.

A woman has posted photos online of a tragic eyelash curler incident, warning of the dangers of sneezing while doing your makeup.

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Reddit user Aub3912 says she sneezed mid-curl, and ripped out a chunk of her lashes in the process. She posted photos online of the aftermath, and the offending eyelash curler, loaded with the lashes.

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While this looks horrific, the woman said on Reddit that it felt even worse.

“I really thought I ripped my eyelid in half.”

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The comment section was filled with questions, sympathy, and even some helpful advice.

“You couldn’t feel it coming?” asked one commenter, of the sneeze.

“You’ve got a lot of wishes coming your way,” commented another.

“Make sure your eyelid is ALWAYS clean. Now that those holes are exposed, bacteria can get in there and cause a whole slew of problems,” wrote one commenter.

“Probably easier to look on the bright side without all those lashes getting in the way…” wrote another.

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One Redditer even shared her own miserable eyelash curling mishap.

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Beauty related injuries are not uncommon: one study counted more than 100,000 hair care product-related injuries in a five year period in the United States.

The bulk of the injuries (78 per cent) involved a curling iron and 70 per cent of the victims were female.