Shirley Yeung Damaged Cornea from Overuse of Contact Lens

Shirley Yeung (杨思琦) appeared at a promotional event with shades and an eye-patch over her left eye. Sparking concerns over whether she had been a victim of violence, Shirley explained that she was suffering from an eye ailment.

“I’ve been wearing my contact lens for too long – more than 20 hours straight one day – which resulted in dry eyes and damage to my cornea. This has happened a few times but this is the most serious incident. It hurts so much, as if someone is piercing my eyeball with a knife. I didn’t have the time to immediately remove the lens when working and only had the chance to remove it when I got home. The lens felt like it was stuck to my eyeball and it took me nearly 15 minutes before I finally removed it. Something felt wrong and I couldn’t sleep, so I quickly went to the hospital.”

On whether she had considered undergoing laser eye surgery to correct her vision, Shirley said, “My mother had urged me to get surgery, but I was scared of the risks. I am now seriously considering getting surgery.”

As for her daughter’s reaction, Shirley expressed, “She did ask why I only had one eye left. As I often stopped her from rubbing her eyes, I took the opportunity to discourage her even further by telling her that my eye was injured due to excessive rubbing…she was quite worried as this was the first time I had problems with my vision for nearly two days. I couldn’t open both eyes – whenever I tried to open my right eye, my left eye would also hurt.”

Shirley added that she will be taking a break from work since she is unable to put on contact lenses and any makeup due to her injury.

Source: ihktv.com

This article is written by Jingles for JayneStars.com.

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  1. Oh dear, she should seriously go for laser eye for perfect vision. It’s not even a surgery for god’s sake!

    1. @tess Actually, laser refractive procedures are considered invasive cosmetic surgery since they have to cut away at your cornea to bend how light rays travel through your eye. With all forms of surgery, there are risks of infection as long as there is an open wound.

      It has a high success rate due to the laser accuracy, but you don’t have perfect vision forever. Give it 10-15 years before your cornea starts to stretch.

      And you can only do it twice in your life if you are lucky to have thick corneas, not to mention other complications later down the track when you have cataracts or ocular trauma. Sometimes, the vision you end up with is not even correctable with glasses or contact lenses.

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