Have you had your eyelashes turn inward and stick you in the eye?

I was awakened with the feeling of a pebble in my eye. I did everything I could think of: made it water by pulling the lid downward, dabbing it with Kleenex, etc but for a solid hour I was awake and it hurt. Finally for some reason it stopped. The next day I read up on it. I read that eyelashes can turn inward and stick you in the eye and the treatment is to get each eyelash pulled out by a doctor. That did not appeal to me so I thought the next time it happens I’ll just use an eyelash curler to make them curl upward and it worked! It hasn’t happened since those two times but I bet it will again.