I think it's entirely possible that your eye would get damaged if it doesn't see well. It's different, but a piece of firework landed on my left eye and, after extensive surgery, I can see SOME (read: some shapes and some colors, depending on how near the object is) with it, but it's definitely moving less and less as…

Oh thank goodness. I'm afraid of life without bangs. I don't know what my forehead looks like, and frankly, I don't care to.

Word to the wise: don't let your babies listen to Rites of Spring.