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TIFU by letting my mom treat my sunburned eyes with 70% alcohol drops.

​It all started the day after I got a massive sunburn from swimming in saltwater at the beach. My shoulders turned bright red, and my left shoulder completely broke out in blisters. It literally looks like military epaulets. My face also turned crimson and swelled up like crazy, but that was nothing compared to what happened next.

​On the second day of my tomato-like existence, my eyes started hurting sharply. It was tolerable though, so I just blinked it off. Closer to lunchtime, my mom noticed what she thought were signs of conjunctivitis (spoiler: it wasn't, just a side effect of my face being burnt to a crisp). But the real issue wasn't her diagnosis—it was how she decided to treat it.

​My mom asked me for my pocket money, claiming it was for my own health, and sent my younger brother to the pharmacy to get Motherwort tincture (a common herbal remedy here). After we had lunch, she dropped it straight into my eyes.

​They started burning insanely. I immediately ran to wash them out, but I’m still not sure if I got all of it out. For those who don't know: this tincture is 70% ethanol (alcohol), which can cause severe chemical burns if it gets into your eyes.

​The title probably looks like clickbait, and right now my eyes seem okay, but I’m honestly not sure if everything will still be fine tomorrow.

​TL;DR: Got a bad sunburn, eyes started to hurt, mom thought it was conjunctivitis. She used my pocket money to buy Motherwort tincture (which is 70% ethanol) and dropped it straight into my eyes. My face is swollen, my shoulders have blisters, and my eyes are currently recovering from a chemical experiment.

P.S. Sorry if there are any typos or weird phrasing, English is not my first language and I used a translator for some parts.

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