Can eyeliner cause pink eye?

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• Sara

  11/09/2012

  Well, of course, you are not supposed to use eyeliner everyday. Or it can infect your eyes, and make your eyes become pink eyes. As we know that eyeliners are made of chemicals. By wearing them, they can make your eyes be in the risk of infection. In that way, it can make your eyes to be pink eyes. As we know that pink eyes is an infection of the eye or eyes which can lead to redness, itching, irritation, and a characteristic creamy discharge in your eyes. in other words, by using eyeliners, they can carry many bacteria , so that it can lead to infection to your eyes, even the pink eyes, for our eyes are very sensitive to the infection. Anyway, you should not always wear eyeliners. Besides, you can drop some eye drops in your eyes, and it can relieve your symptom. Also, just go and see an eye doctor when your eyes become serious.

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• Miranda clark

  11/09/2012

  Yes, it is ok to use the eyeliner every day. However you should not let them get into the eyes which may cause the pink eyes which is commonly known as the infectious conjunctivitis, also called outbreak. It is an acute infectious ophthalmia according to different causes which can be divided into bacterial conjunctivitis and viral conjunctivitis. Although the clinical symptoms are similar, popular degree and harmfulness to viral conjunctivitis are different. It can happen all the year round, especially in spring season which is infected through contact with eye diseases, such as contacting patients with the same towel, face appliance and so on. The disease is often happened in the kindergarten school, hospital, factory and so on collective unit. Your eyeliner may contain the chemical materials which stimulate the corneal and let the eyes get the inflammation. Thus, if you get the pink eyes, you should stop using the eyeliner.

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• Jeff N

  11/10/2012

  Pink eye is the common name of the disease infectious conjunctivitis. It is an acute infectious eye inflammation which possibly infected through articles contacts of patientsThis disease would happen all the year around but especially find more in spring and summer in public places. The age range of patients are from infants of several months up to eighty even ninety years' old people. Actually, it's easy to get but still have way to protect; good health habit would prevent the bacteria or viruses pass through hands to eyes. Pay attention your personal hygiene and make sure of frequently clean, to avoid using hands rubbing your eyes are also very important. As you use eyeliner everyday, the eyeliner itself will not cause pink eye individually. However, the eyeliner would be the vehicle for the virus infection. Please pay attention to keep it clean and sterilize it after the using. Make sure never bring it to other people use, especially the people who has got the eye disease.

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