None of your business

[Muses_nightmare]

This happens to me all the time.

I have eczema on my right eyelid, at times it flares up and gets to be really gross looking. Other times it's just a red patch, and sometimes it clears up alltogether ( I wish those times happened more often!).

When it does flare up I have people constantly asking me:
"what happened to your eye!?"

It happens especially when I'm working, since lots of people see me face to face then. But seriously, it's rude, and intrusive. Even if something actually did happen to it, it's still rude to ask a total stranger, especially in that tone.

I had one of my coworkers tell me I forgot to put eyeshadow on one eye when it was at the red stage. No offense to those of you that do wear this colour shadow, but really who wants to look like they have a skin irritation on purpose?

[NightWatch]

That's rather shitty of them. I'm pretty good with makeup, if you want some ideas on how to cover up the eczema (so everyone shuts up about it), PM me. Unless makeup exacerbates it, then nevermind and I'm sorry.

[Erin]

I have a problem with that too. One of my eyes is blue AND brown. The other eye has it too, but not as prominent. The brown is around the pupil, and the blue is in the outer part of the iris. It's called "heterochromia". A few famous actors and actresses have the same thing, like Dan Akroyd and Jane Seymour (Jane Seymour is my favorite actress of all time)

So, occasionally I'll have people ask me what happened to my eye. I just tell them nothing's wrong with it, and dont offer any information about it. Since, really there's nothing wrong with it...it's just blue with some brown pigment in it.

My boyfriend actually seems to like the two shades of color in my eyes. Altho, I could do without the Alaskan malamute comments he likes to do occasionally. (malamutes sometimes have two different colored eyes, same thing with wolves)

[Aethian]

My boyfriend actually seems to like the two shades of color in my eyes. Altho, I could do without the Alaskan malamute comments he likes to do occasionally. (malamutes sometimes have two different colored eyes, same thing with wolves)

Bi-eyed = Two colors in the same eye
Pi-eyed = More then two colors in the same eye.

I have three puppies with Pi-eyes.



And for the OP...I get the same thing every so often. Thankfully I just get bad flareups but I hate when people comment on it. Hurts enough by itself don't need words added to it.

[Bandit]

Muses

I know the feeling - when I'm in a flair with the lupus, I get a lot of comments on face and arms. Yeah, thanks. I know my face looks like I've got leprosy. I see it every time I go in the bathroom. Nothing I can do about it. Don't like it? Tough. You see it for 5 minutes - I live with it. Don't want me around? Fine. Let's see how long your phone/network will still be working. I can't help that my body is killing me, but I can make sure you don't/can't bother me.

Hate having to deal with that shit, and hate even more when I hear about others having to deal with it. Sorry to hear that you're going through that, Muses.

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[PepperElf]

I have three puppies with Pi-eyes.

That just means they love you!

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pi that's amore!

Saw a cool pic of a cat like that though. You've probably seen it online... white cat, one blue eye, one hazel. cool cat

[Calie]

I have a problem with that too. One of my eyes is blue AND brown. The other eye has it too, but not as prominent. The brown is around the pupil, and the blue is in the outer part of the iris. It's called "heterochromia". A few famous actors and actresses have the same thing, like Dan Akroyd and Jane Seymour (Jane Seymour is my favorite actress of all time)

Me too! My eyes both used to be blue-green, but as a teen my left eye decided to become hazel. Which means that if I wear blue colors, they look similar, but if I wear brown people start to look at me funny.

[Melicious Motormouth]

When I worked at the record store, one of the employees had bad acne. (That was years ago; now she has beautiful skin!) While ringing up a customer's purchase, the customer started giving her unsolicited advice on how to clear it up. This hurt my coworker so much she spent the better part of an hour in the backroom fighting back tears.

What makes customers think they have the right to comment on the appearance of CSR's? Do they think they're "always right" about that, too?

[Hobbs]

I have a problem with that too. One of my eyes is blue AND brown. The other eye has it too, but not as prominent. The brown is around the pupil, and the blue is in the outer part of the iris. It's called "heterochromia". A few famous actors and actresses have the same thing, like Dan Akroyd and Jane Seymour (Jane Seymour is my favorite actress of all time)

So, occasionally I'll have people ask me what happened to my eye. I just tell them nothing's wrong with it, and dont offer any information about it. Since, really there's nothing wrong with it...it's just blue with some brown pigment in it.

My boyfriend actually seems to like the two shades of color in my eyes. Altho, I could do without the Alaskan malamute comments he likes to do occasionally. (malamutes sometimes have two different colored eyes, same thing with wolves)

omg, like Yuna!!


back, OT, I only ask ppl I know if I see something...'off' and even then, only if it's like a sling or a patch. I have dermititis on my hand, and sometimes ppl point it out to me. le sigh...

[Taboo]

Oi. I have eczema myself, so I can sympathize. It gets really bad on my feet and hands, and so sometimes my hands will bleed. I'm lucky I don't have to deal with most of my customers face to face, since I'm sure some of them would be rude about it.

Covering it up probably isn't a good solution just due to skin irritation. Can you use any meds on it? I know most things can't be used near the eyes, risk of blindness and all. There's a pill called Toctino that just came out a year ago and is supposedly really successful for severe eczema on the hands. Right now it's only available in the UK, though - but hey, it's encouraging.

(Oh, on a side note, there's some talk recently that some birth control pills can actually aggravate eczema and make your flareups more frequent. If you happen to be taking them you might want to look into that.)

[Dytchdoctir]

I have psoriasis. It started on my knees and elbows, then progressed over the years to my arms and legs. I occasionally have a flareup under my left eye. Nothing I can do about it, dammit, it's my immune system going haywire.

I've been fortunate so far, no one has made any nasty comments to me about the very visible portions on my forearms and the back of my hands. Maybe they're afraid I'll boot them out the back of the ambulance, a la Bruce Willis in the Hudson Hawk ambulance scene.

[Drakstern]

That reminds me of a woman who used to shop at the grocery store I worked at. She was just about the nicest lady ever, but she had a skin condition that made her have lots of little tumors all over her body.

She was emphatically not a sucky customer, and I always went out of my way to help her because, unfortunately, some of the less mature employees would go out of their way *not* to help her because she, and I quote, 'looks ucky.'

[BowserKoopa1]

What makes customers think they have the right to comment on the appearance of CSR's? Do they think they're "always right" about that, too?

Of course they do. These idiots actually think they have a right to interfere with our personal life in some way, shape, or form. If we even tell them politely to please mind their own business, they get mad and will probably say they were just trying to help us.
I had a customer ask me if I needed glasses because the 4 digit code on the back of his gift card was so small that I had to hold it up to my face close to see the numbers. I told him politely that he didn't need to be worried about my eyesight, and he got mad, saying he didn't like me challenging him.
I wish customers would not butt into employees affairs. But they believe "the customer is always right" and because of this, they can say whatever the hell they want to employees.

[protege]

Of course they do. These idiots actually think they have a right to interfere with our personal life in some way, shape, or form.

They do it because they can get away with it. They know that they can act like jerks, and if you return the favor, they can always complain to management...and possibly get you fired.

In fact, I had someone give me shit about my peeling skin. It's mostly around my eyes and forehead, but there's some on my scalp too. It sucks, and there's not really much I can do about it. The creams and shampoos don't really do much--they work for awhile, but after an hour or two, I'm right back where I started As such, I ignore it. But, since I don't have to deal with customers (or idiots), I can rip into them with my own nasty comments

Oh, and Baxter, my Maine Coon kitty...is an "odd-eyed" kitty. That is, one eye is slightly orange, the other is green.

[QASlave]

My oldest daughter had horrible eczema as a toddler. The doctor's that my wife took her to all wanted to put her on steriods. She refused as she's in nursing school and has heard many a bad side effect from steriods. So she takes her to the brother of her chiropractor from her home town. (He was a chiropractor and herbal medicine guy. Don't think he does the herbal stuff anymore.) Anyway he said to give her some sort of fish oil, (can't remember what it was), and to put oil of evening primrose on the patches, and to cut out eggs and anything with red dye from her diet.

I told her she was dealing with a quack, but lo and behold, in two weeks it was completely gone. She has a few flair-ups from time to time now, but nothing like it used to be.

Check in your area if there's someone (perferably also an MD) who also deals in wholistic approaches.