12.08.2009
I hate crying. freaking sucks. why do tears have to sting dammit? so annoying. couldn't we just have emotional distress without a side order of physical discomfort? no. my face must regularly sting on top of everything else. God, did you put a sting ingredient in tears on purpose? seems kinda harsh. couldn't it have been like a soothing ingredient, that say, moisturizes your skin or...i dunno, sends happy endorphins or at least if its gotta sting, couldn't it be because it has a wrinkle reducing benefit or something cool. meh.
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aw, so weird...we're both having eye issues tonight, I just posted a blog about my "eye mishaps" and then saw your new post.
You know the sting is from the enzyme, Lysozyme, which is secreted in our tears and it's suppose to keep bacteria from entering our eyes...which is why our eyes tear up when we get something in there. But sadly, it still stings when we're just trying to get sadness from out of our eyes. :( I'm sorry you're sad tonight...and I've been studying too much. Nerd Alert.
*HUGS YOU*
you're so smart Heather. Of course you would know that. Nice that tear-sting at least has a purpose.
okay, smarty pants, so why are eyes all puffy after crying, is that caused by the same thing?
haha well I'm bot gonna lie, I wikipedia-ed that one. It didn't really say, but from what I've read about Lyzozyme, the reason it's stinging is because it's hydrolyzing (splitting) the cell walls of bacteria, and by default is damages some of the healthy cells. So basically you have this epic battle ROYALE happening on your face as you cry and you don't even know it! It's sort of poetic in a way...there's an internal battle going on that is giving you the urge to cry and a literal microscopic battle as a result of it. Trippppy.
Anyways, so puffiness is a sign of cell inflammation.
>_<
hah. ew. my eye cells were super enflamed this morning then. looked freaky.
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