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case_images: Slit lamp photograph of the left eye demonstrating a single hair embedded within the central cornea (white arrow) with surrounding stromal haze.
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case_images: Slit-lamp exam of the left eye revealed a vertical, black foreign body resembling a human hair within the cornea (Figure 1) with surrounding stromal haze and punctate epithelial erosions.
case_images: Clinical photo of the hair foreign body (black arrow) on a weck-cell following removal under local anesthetic with a microblade and jeweler's forceps.
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case_images: fig2
case_images: The patient was taken to the procedure room where the hair was removed (Figure 2) under local anesthetic using jeweler's forceps, a microblade, and a 30-gauge needle under sterile technique.