GAG-verse: Can wearing an gel eye-mask mess up your vision?

[skinandbones]

I wore one last night and had an amazing night of sleep, but today morning, I noticed that things look slightly blurry. For example, the words I'm typing right now aren't all that clear to me and everything looks sort of...hazy. Is it because my eyes were kinda pressed on the whole night? I tried putting cold water on my eyes but the problem is still there. It's been 2.5 hours :o

[Red_Arrow]

If you enjoyed the night of sleep, I advise getting a sleep mask that does not put pressure on the eyes. The border that goes around the centers fit snugly to the face, but the part over the actual eye has very light contact or none at all. See the ads at link No recommendation on my part, just an example of what I mean.

[aMuse]

You're suppose to wear it on your face, not puncture it with a spork and rub the gel on your eyeballs. =P

[skinandbones]

i didn't! I checked to see if there were any leaks. NADA! but my eyesight has mostly returned :p

[aMuse]

Well that's good to hear. Though, if you did go blind maybe you'd play me a little Ray Charles. One can only hope for such things... =P

[aMuse]

The going blind that is. =P

[skinandbones]

hahahaha great :p how has your piano-playing been?!? progressed from twinkle, twinkle little star? 0:)

[aMuse]

Yeah, twinkle twinkle little star was a tough one. What is it like C C G G A A G, something or another oh damn I forget the keys. =P I think I forget to learn that one and jump to more interesting things.

So no blindness huh? I guess that rules out marko polo

[skinandbones]

you got it! :p reading those notes out, I could hear it :)

omg, of course I'm not blind!i!i! LOL.

[aMuse]

So where there any other symptoms? It might be a sinus infection or something like that if you caught that nasty cold that is going around. I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV. =)

[skinandbones]

lmao, no, it's mostly gone away, so ALL IS GOOD! :)

[aMuse]

Mostly?... Lets do a quick test then... How many fingers am I holding up?

[Enideqa]

Ya I would guess it could just be pressure being on your eyes for too long. At least your eyes are one of the fastest healing parts of your body. Still bothering you now go to a doctor.

[whattothink]

Hmm the pressure could have done something, that's why you should never use anything that puts pressure on your eyes. I would say if it's been more than a day definetely go see a dr.

[skinandbones]

:/ it was so comfy... but yea, I will definitely have to see a doctor if this doesn't go away. thanks for the advice.

[whattothink]

Was it meant to be slept in? If not that might be the culprit. Sometimes a little light pressure can help, but in small doses like <30

[skinandbones]

the instructions didn't say anything about a time limit...i just fell asleep with it on. but I guess 8 hours of that pressure wasn't good for me. my eyes were hurting in the morning... I just hope I didn't permanently mess up my eyes.

[whattothink]

That's why I suggested waiting a little why you might need to let all those blood vessels decompress

[JamielovesKU]

I read a lot of articles saying its good for you, maybe wait it out a little longer or see your eye Dr.

[mattygfromtheMD32]

link

Last paragraph :)

[skinandbones]

lmao, that site just states the pros of gel masks, or why you'd use one!

[mattygfromtheMD32]

I'll have you know I thoroughly searched google for that information.