FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 1 month agoDon't blinklemmy.worldimagemessage-square38linkfedilinkarrow-up1324arrow-down121file-text
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minus-squareearly_riser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 month agoI always assumed they get absorbed or break down eventually.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·1 month agoHair doesn’t really do that, hence ingrown hairs. Your eye just flushes them out eventually
minus-squareAoxoMoxoA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·1 month agoNo unfortunatelythey do not. The eye spiders that live under your bed come and eat them in the middle of the night
minus-squareearly_riser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month agoPerhaps not eye spiders, but face arachnids
minus-squarewhyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·30 days agonice, he’s eating my zits
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoThey get flushed out through your nose. If you’ve ever noticed how when your eyes water your nose runs too: they’re connected. Your snot is the cleaning mechanism that traps dust, hairs, and bacteria and flushes it all out.
minus-squarebrsrklf@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·30 days agoKeratin is pretty tough, it doesn’t degrade easily.
I always assumed they get absorbed or break down eventually.
Hair doesn’t really do that, hence ingrown hairs. Your eye just flushes them out eventually
No unfortunatelythey do not. The eye spiders that live under your bed come and eat them in the middle of the night
Perhaps not eye spiders, but face arachnids
A fun fact!
nice, he’s eating my zits
They get flushed out through your nose. If you’ve ever noticed how when your eyes water your nose runs too: they’re connected. Your snot is the cleaning mechanism that traps dust, hairs, and bacteria and flushes it all out.
Keratin is pretty tough, it doesn’t degrade easily.