She nearly lost her sight after an ear piercing, and the cause was a lamp

Getting your ears pierced is supposed to be quick and simple. For Russian blogger Ksenia Khudyakova, it ended with a visit to an eye doctor and a warning about possible blindness.

She shared her story on her personal Instagram account.

What happened?

Khudyakova, a 28-year-old psychologist, said that on the evening after her visit to a piercing salon she felt burning and redness in her eyes. She put it down to washing her face with a harsh product.

Then the pain got worse. The next morning she could not open her eyelids, and later a haze covered her eyes.

What did the doctor say?

An ophthalmologist diagnosed a burn on the surface of her eyes. In severe, untreated cases, such burns can scar the cornea, reduce vision and even cause permanent blindness.

According to the doctor, the burn could have been caused by ultraviolet radiation, including from a quartz lamp.

The lamp she had stared at

That reminded Khudyakova of something. During the piercing she had been lying on a couch and looked for about a minute at a recirculator. This is a device that disinfects the air in a room, and it has a lamp inside.

It is a small detail that is easy to overlook in a salon, and she only connected it afterwards.

This is not the first case of its kind this year. In July, blogger Tais Reolon also nearly lost her sight while looking after her plants.