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Eye Boogers Explained

  • June 9, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The “crusties” that form in the corners of your eyes while you sleep are dried-up remnants of a substance called rheum, which is made up of eye mucus and bits of debris. When you’re awake, you blink the stuff away, but it builds up when you sleep.

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