eyeball licking

[DrLeftover]

"eewww"

A strange trend among Japanese school-aged children and teens -- licking a friend or lover's eyeballs -- may be perplexing, but experts are more worried about the germs they are potentially spreading.

"This is a dangerous practice which has the potential to spread a number of bacteria that reside in the mouth to the eye resulting in bacterial infections such as conjunctivitis to styes as well as abscesses involving the lids and eye socket," Dr. Robert Glatter, an emergency medicine physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, told CBSNews.com.

Eyeball licking, which is also known as "worming" or oculolinctus, has existed for quite some time, and there are numerous clips of people engaging in the act on YouTube. Japanese blog Naver Matome interviewed one concerned teacher who said that he ran into two sixth grade students licking each others' eyeballs in an equipment room. After he confronted them, they admitted it was popular in their class. His independent survey of students confirmed his fears: One-third of the children admitted to eyeball licking.

The Guardian cites a Japanese music video from the band Born, which features an eyeball licking scene, as the spark for the reignited trend.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57589423/japanese-eyeball-licking-trend-carries-blindness-risk/


More:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/12/eyeball-licking-pinkeye_n_3423985.html


http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2013/jun/14/eyeball-licking-fetish-japanese-teenagers-sick

 

[seasidemike]

it only goes to prove yet again how stupid people can be

 

[Evil Eye]

Eww indeed.
Seems kinda painful too.

 

[DrLeftover]

The Japanese are somewhat infamous for jumping all over every fad to come down the pike.

The more repulsive and dangerous the better.

 

[lucasbytegenius]

Eww indeed.
Seems kinda painful too.

I actually don't think it's painful, because the tongue is covered in saliva and is quite soft itself. Or at least, that's how I imagine it.

Gross trend, but that's what happens in Japan.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I started eye-ball licking years ago and I created this phenomena, I only lick female eyes though!

That sounds gross... Yet you are the king pervert so I'm not surprised.

 

[The Dragon Master]

This makes me cringe. Can barely put my contact lenses in without a fight, this is just plain... >_<