Eddie, If you had the hook lodged relatively superficially in most places in your body it should eventually be taken care of...it would just take A LOT longer than in a fish (it's not going to rust very quickly unless you're swimming a lot). In the mean time, you would have to worry about infection, inflammation, etc., etc.
Your eye is a different story...it would most likely last even longer than in your body...and without the accompanying inflammation (your eye isn't readily susceptible to major components of the immune system...so no swelling and irritation). I recently lost two (of my 3) Mustad 277s SOMEWHERE in the vicinity of my desk...possibly the floor. My standard method of locating dropped hooks...and remember that I am not very intelligent...is to quickly run my hand or bare foot across the area where I suspect the hook to be. Usually I find it...and I can usually get the hook out of my hand or foot with relatively little difficulty. I tried this with the 277s...nothing. Maybe they're lodged somewhere in my big toe as we speek... Cheers, Chris
