All visible hairs were removed. An attempt was made to remove the hair impaled into the cornea, but it broke at the corneal surface during the manoeuvre. The patient was continued on the same treatment and called again the next day.On review she was found to be feeling much better with almost no visible congestion. The criss-cross scratch marks on the cornea were reduced. Slit lamp examination revealed that the broken hair remained embedded and the cornea had epithelised. However, a complete hair (about 1 mm long) was seen lying on the iris surface inferotemporally (Figure 2). There was

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