Woman suffers chemical burns after being mistakenly prescribed ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION cream called Vitaros instead of dry eye lubricant Vita-POS

The cream is supposed to be applied to the tip of the penis...

Why you shouldn't sleep in contact lenses: Horror stories revealed

In one case highlighted in a paper published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, a 57-year-old man wore his contact lenses for two weeks straight...

Baby girl was born with rare 'cats eyes'

The disorders have left the youngster, of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, with a narrow and discoloured iris - similar to that of a cat...

Woman loses her eye after a parasite burrowed into her cornea while she took a shower wearing her contact lenses

Doctors advise against taking a shower or swimming while wearing...

Eyepatch with dissolvable needles used to treat eye disease

The new delivery method is applied to the front of the eye like a patch on the skin...

Nanobots heading to eye delivery

The propulsion of the micropropellers, which are are only 500 nm wide – exactly small enough to fit through the tight molecular matrix of the gel-like substance in the vitreous – is achieved by helical micropropellers...

Mother-of-four is left blind in one eye after a vision-robbing amoeba latched onto her cornea after she went swimming while wearing her contact lenses

With her eye clouded over 'like a zombie's'...

'The man who cries BLOOD: Gruesome picture of bloody tears pouring down a 52-year-old's face as doctors say they were triggered by a rare condition

Halloween has come and gone for another year but the horror doesn't stop there....

Girl, 11, is left blinded for FOUR days after she wore colored contact lenses as part of her Halloween costume

Her mother, Julie, immediately rushed her to the hospital where doctors told her that the contact lenses had damaged her corneas and had infected the skin around her eyes...

Opticians release tricky puzzle designed to keep your eyes sharp