WEIRD SCIENCE

The woman with 27 contact lenses in her eye

A staggering 27 contact lenses were removed from the eye of a 67-year-old woman during a routine cataract operation at Solihull Hospital, Birmingham. Surgeons initially found a congealed mass of 17 lenses, stuck together with mucus. Further examination revealed ten more had become trapped, according to a report in the British Medical Journal. The woman, who had worn disposable lenses for 35 years, had assumed her discomfort was a symptom of old age and dry eyes and had never complained of any irritation.