Severe eye trauma in boys caused by girls' headbands

Two Alaskan boys were struck in the eye by flexible, bow-shaped girls' headbands. One suffered blunt, non-penetrating injury with hyphema and retinal injury resulting in loss of vision. The other suffered penetrating injury due to the atypical sharp nature of the headband; he required vitrectomy, lensectomy, secondary intraocular lens implant and intense amblyopia therapy. These cases highlight the preponderance of eye injury in boys who use "toys" in a manner for which they were not designed.