in a moment of poor judgement, I cut some palys without gloves and did not thoroughly wash my hands. Sometime in the night while sleeping i rubbed my eye. I woke up with my eye feeling like it was on fire. I went to my doctor and she said I would fully recover but i did some damage. My cornea instead of looking smooth as glass looked like sandpaper. It felt like it too. Vision in that eye was totally blurry. I could not read the top letter on the eye chart. I still have some pain but my vision has recovered. I do have a safety protocol, but I found myself in an unexpected situation and just took the easy route and I paid a harsh price. Please be careful.