(Sc)rubbing her eyes

Foreign languages are weird if it comes to the use of words.
You need to be a native speaker to understand what 'scrubbing her eyes' means.
A bathtub, a kitchenfloor are scrubbed but eyes? It sounds painful just like my mother scrubbing my knees with a steel brush was although, people scrub their skin and do more things with the idea it makes them look better. If it comes to that they don't care if it hurts or harms.
High heels, strings, bra's with iron, dying hair, nylon clothes, masks, mud and creams causing allergies... We do it because it's expected and tests say it's safe. Has it been tested at all?

Eyes are precious but who can see doesn't care much for the danger the eyes are put in.
Fake, coloured lenses, eye drops, gas, acid, injections, refusing to wear glasses and scrubbing like crazy 'cause of being exhausted, they feel itchy, dry or painful.
I know all about it. I'm one of these people suffering from painful eyes and once I give in to it and start rubbing, or scrubbing if you like, I can't stop till my eye is damaged seriously.

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Prompt used: scrubbing her eyes