Woman confesses a splinter has been stuck in her eye for 10 years after Harry Potter World trip

A pistillate has revealed she has been living with a splinter successful her oculus for the past 10 years - and has nary plans of removing it. 

Sydney White was astatine Harry Potter World successful California with her household erstwhile she felt thing alert into her eye. 

Soon enough, the 27-year-old felt a burning sensation successful her eyeball and it became swollen. 

She admitted that she felt a 'searing pain' successful her oculus and wasn't capable to unfastened it. 

It took 'weeks' for the swelling to spell down, with Sydney yet being capable to spot the tiny wood scrap that was successful her eye. 

And though it sometimes felt 'scratchy,' the 27-year-old revealed she wouldn't beryllium removing it.

She said that doctors ne'er told her she needed to region it, truthful she has kept the splinter lodged successful her oculus each these years later. 

The Idaho-based contented creator added she held nary negativity towards Harry Potter World contempt the unfortunate incident. 

She noted that she felt the tiny portion of wood alert into her oculus portion retired with her family.

The 27-year-old recounted the incidental successful a viral TikTok video, which has truthful acold amassed much than 422,000 views.

'I was connected a time retired [and] went connected a circuit with my family.  While there, the circuit usher pointed up to immoderate gathering work,' she said.

'As she did truthful and I looked up, I felt a searing symptom successful my near oculus that wouldn't spell away. It took a mates of weeks for the symptom to subside and redness to spell down, but erstwhile I yet could look astatine my eye, I saw it.

'A tiny portion of wood had fallen into my eyeball.' 

Although it is achy astatine times, she ne'er had it removed. 

She said: 'If an oculus doc had told maine to region it, I would have.

'I accidental determination could beryllium hazard of corruption if removed, but there's ever a hazard of it affecting my eyesight, if it hasn't already.'

Even 10 years aft the incident, Sydney shared that her oculus was inactive sore.   

'On juncture it does fuss me, it feels scratchy. If I property connected my lid connected the splinter tract it is sore still, adjacent 10 years later,' she said.

In the clip, the camera zooms into Sydney's eye, putting the portion of wood connected afloat display.

The portion of wood is successful the sclera, which is the achromatic portion of the eyeball, but is highly adjacent to her iris, which is the colored country that contains the pupil.

She captioned the video: 'Hey, your eyes person a small wood successful them.'

People connected the web were near stunned by her confession arsenic they flocked to the comments conception and expressed their shock. 

One idiosyncratic joked: 'Girl that's your wand.'

Someone other wrote: 'Ok truthful are you gonna archer america wherefore you inactive person it successful there?'

Another idiosyncratic wrote: '30 years agone my ma had a tiny portion of metallic lunge into her oculus from a firework, doctors accidental they can't region it since it healed astir it.'

A 4th said: 'I person pencil pb stuck successful my forehead from sixth people mathematics class, I'm 26 now.'

'You person a portion of Harry Potter satellite successful your eye,' a 5th idiosyncratic chimed in

One societal media idiosyncratic added: 'Oh my God, this happened to me! Finally idiosyncratic other with a wood spot successful their eye.'

Someone other wrote: 'It's made its location each cozy now.'

A idiosyncratic said: 'Um, ouch.'