[Blindtlk] gross but what do I do?

Tue Sep 21 16:35:14 UTC 2010

Your absolutely right Diane, it's definitely a personal thing & a choice. Smile

On 9/21/10, Graves, Diane <dgraves at icrc.in.gov> wrote:
> Hi Michelle,
>
> On that note, I have to say that I have known many sighted people who aren't
> willing to wear makeup as well, so I think it is a personal thing.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Michelle Medina
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 8:47 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] gross but what do I do?
>
> Even though I've had 66 surgeries on my face, there's still feeling
> around the eyes, so my guess would be yes.
> On another note, whether we're judged or not, some of us just plain
> don't like makeup, period. I for one, have had enough experience with
> ointments & such on my face to keep me from hardly ever using makeup.
> I don't like Halloween masks *put masks on to put me to sleep when I
> was a kid*, don't like makeup or anything but water on my face.
> Michelle
>
> On 9/20/10, Constance Canode <satin-bear at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> I know this is a strange question, but I have always been curious
>> about it.  I do not have prosthetic eyes, and this is why I ask.  Is
>> there enough feeling in the skin which I assume overlies the
>> prosthesis so that you can apply eye shadow, eye liner and mascara on
>> your lashes.  I take pride in the way I look, as it unfortunately is
>> how we are judged, and I would never go out in public without
>> makeup.  This may be offensive, and if so, I am sorry, but applying
>> makeup correctly is very easy, and I think more blind women should do
>> it.  It enhances natural beauty and I have broached this subject with
>> several people I know.  Their comments have astounded me.  "I can't
>> see it, so who cares" was one of them, or "who cares what I look
>> like" was another comment.  Sorry to go on about this and I really
>> hope I haven't opened a can of worms, but I really am curious.  It is
>> such a simple task to learn.
>>
>> Connie Canode
>> At 04:21 PM 9/20/2010, you wrote:
>>>Hmm, I tend to have this type of build up around spring or fall and
>>>use saline solution to flush out some of the gunk and just have
>>>tissues on-hand to wipe away any drainage.
>>>HTH
> ->>----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert J Smith" <rsmith247 at csc.com>
>>>To: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>>>Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 4:23 PM
>>>Subject: [Blindtlk] gross but what do I do?
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi all, here's a good one for you.  I have two prosthetic eyes, the
>>>>plastic shell style which rides on round silicone implants in the
>>>> sockets.
>>>>Fluid will build up underneath the prosthetic eyes and I will then pick
>>>>at the corners of my sockets to get it out or pull the plastic eye shell
>>>>away from the implant to then make it bubble out then wipe it off.  I
>>>> hate
>>>>doing this and I know it's gross but if I don't do it it will come out of
>>>>its own accord and that looks bad too as illustrated by my sighted wife
>>>>who told me one time that I "have something in the corner of your eye".
>>>> I
>>>>felt there and it was fluid built up.  I think that part of it is
>>>> alergies
>>>>but part of it is simply the fact that everybody's eye socket produces
>>>>fluid to keep the eyes moist and mine is collecting under the eye shells.
>>>>When I go in for cleaning and maintenance of the eyes, I am told
>>>>repeatedly that the implants, the socket tissue, and the fit is fine.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks much in advance,
>>>>
>>>>Bob Smith
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Michigan's f-f-f-freezing weather!