See your own pupil?

Question

I found out this strange thing, and you may try it. It's easiest to do like this: Get another person and look into his/her eyes while your noses are connected, put a light on from right or left side, so that it's powerful enough to be reflected from your and your partners eye. Both should see this light, and look into it. The light in "close-distance vision" could be your pupil, as when you keep your eyes closed and then open 'em you can see how the hole goes from dilated form to a smaller form, just like pupil in the mirror with the same action.
Also, I noticed how you can see your eyelashes in the same "hole", just close your eyes enough to see them in the "hole". And in the light itself I think you can see somekind of bacteria, too.
The edges of the hole seems to be the edges of the iris as it's not 100% smooth, round hole.

I wanted to ask, is this really a person seeing his/her own pupil? I haven't heard about this kind of stuff before, so I wanted to post it here.

Thanks!

How does it damage your vision?

Answer 1

It's not bacteria, they are too small to see even that close up. What you are seeing is 'floaters' in the fluid inside your own eye. You can find out more about them. And I have to agree with the previous person, don't damage your vision doing this. It seems like too great a risk to take.

Answer 2

please dont do this .. you may damage your vision permanenetly!