Pipe Smoking and Eye Irritation

[olkofri]

Smoke in a well-ventilated area?

Smoke definitely gets in one's eyes. Long time ago, I read that the reason smokers develop premature crow's feet is the inadvertent squinting movements to prevent smoke coming into their eyes.

 

[kurtbob]

Cigars definitely are worse for me as well. Unfortunately I can't attribute it to any one pipe or tobacco type. However cigars and latakia induce the onset of my inflammation faster than aromatic or virginia blends of tobacco. I go to great lengths to keep it out of my eyes, but if one stray puff of smoke goes the direction of my eyes I can effectively count on the slow but sure march of irritation afflicting me if I do not immediately cease smoking for a few days. I would say without a doubt this is an underlying condition, because no one else i know is so sensitive. Perhaps ill grin and bear it until I get to my dermatologist or doctor. It doesn't seem like something thats in my eye specifically, moreso the margins of the eye. Which then causes irritation withinh the eye itself as well!

Oh hell, you know how it works when you go to the doctor/ dentist? They start out asking what the issue is, you tell them I have an ingrown hair on my ass, chipped a tooth on an olive pit, cut my hand with a chain saw. They then look at your records and say “hmmm.......says here you are a tobacco user? Well quit!”
Man after that, they don’t even want to talk to you anymore about what’s physically wrong with you. I’ve even seen them bill my insurance for a “smoking cessation kit” and we didn’t even get to the bottom of why I was there in the first place!

 

[kurtbob]

Lol not a terrible suggestion, but honestly any kinda goggle is gonna look pretty funny when I'm just smoking a pipe in my backyard. Still something I seriously consider

Only gonna be funny if the neighbors take pics and post em on social media

 

[olkofri]

Oh hell, you know how it works when you go to the doctor/ dentist? They start out asking what the issue is, you tell them I have an ingrown hair on my ass, chipped a tooth on an olive pit, cut my hand with a chain saw. They then look at your records and say “hmmm.......says here you are a tobacco user? Well quit!”
Man after that, they don’t even want to talk to you anymore about what’s physically wrong with you. I’ve even seen them bill my insurance for a “smoking cessation kit” and we didn’t even get to the bottom of why I was there in the first place!

Yes, indeed. You can't get those fellows to give you objective answers anymore. That's why on my last visit I checked 'Former User' in the tobacco use field. I heard no lecturing and no blaming of my dental issues on tobacco.

Not really lying: a tobacco user being defined as "someone who uses tobacco 5 or more times a week", my Sunday bowl and occasional bowl(s) during the week keep me in the non-user category.

 

[eugenepark]

2 words. or maybe 1 word.

Church Warden

or Churchwarden

 

[Sethology]

2 words. or maybe 1 word.

Church Warden

or Churchwarden

Church wardens still require me to blow smoke from my mouth. Which is the biggest source of irritation

 

[alexnc]

Only gonna be funny if the neighbors take pics and post em on social media

So, once I did this, but without the goggles. Fill a half gallon empty bourbon bottle with iced tea, clean a weapon on the patio - gun is essential. Swill hungrily from the bottle, play something like Tool. A fake nervous tick might be nice. The goggles will fix your problem. The rest will fix the neighbors.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

THATS WHAT SHE SAID RIGHT FELLAS????

Maybe to you she did.

 

[olkofri]

Church wardens still require me to blow smoke from my mouth. Which is the biggest source of irritation

Blow the smoke out harder to get it off your face area. Blow air afterwards to push it away.

Frankly, if your eyes are so sensitive to smoke you'll just have to live with it or forego smoking altogether. Only you can balance the annoyance/risk versus the benefits here.

Another thing, possibly, if you spend a lot of time staring at a monitor or gadget screen you're having dry eye issues, which might be complicating the irritiation, or may even be the main cause behind such sensitivity to irritants. If so, tone down the time you spend on such devices, take breaks every 20 min or so during which you force yourself to blink constantly, or use moisturising drops.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Funny, as in odd timing. For the first time I experienced real eye irritation while smoking, BUT: The ambient air was rotten- Over 200. And I was walking with a light breeze behind me, so the smoke came with me. The irritation went away in a couple of minutes and all was well. I was at altitude, (6200') also, if that could be a factor.

 

[anotherbob]

She told me that size doesn’t matter. ?

she told me girth matters.

 

[anotherbob]

Hello fellas! After a few weeks smoking a bowl everyday consecutively my eyes have started to feel inflammed. Now this has happened before and it seems if I go a few weeks without smoking it resets and gives me some breathing room. Does anyone else have this happen to them? Not ideal as for me one of life's great joys is a pipesmoke after work under the glistening night sky. Anyone have similar problems? Did you find a solution? Thanks!

allergies?

 

[kurtbob]

So, once I did this, but without the goggles. Fill a half gallon empty bourbon bottle with iced tea, clean a weapon on the patio - gun is essential. Swill hungrily from the bottle, play something like Tool. A fake nervous tick might be nice. The goggles will fix your problem. The rest will fix the neighbors.

Atta boy, that’s what I’m talking about!

 

[LOREN]

Yep get a longer pipe.

If I had a nickel every time my girlfriend said that to me....

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

She always told me not to get it in her eye.

 

[Chasing Embers]

@Sethology

Practice producing wisps instead of clouds. If my wife didn't know I was smoking, she would think I was just chewing on a pipe. She hasn't figured it out yet and is still producing billowing smoke with her pipes. Drives her crazy.?

 

[heathandleaf]

Barring allergies, infections, eye fatigue, etc., a cheap potential solution might be saline eye drops.

 

[LOREN]

Would a box fan (like the kind they sell at Walgreens) on low-setting behind you, blowing towards the back of your head help? It might make sure the smoke is always pushed away from your face. Don't know if this would interfere with the embers in your bowl.

 

[alexnc]

Maybe a standing fan on low by your shoulder. I do this sometimes to avoid smoke going towards my wife

 

[anotherbob]

If I had a nickel every time my girlfriend said that to me....

I'd be broke then again I've never met her so she's never said anything to me. At least she's down with pipe smoking. Unless there is some subtle innuendo going on here.