Castor Oil for your Eyes: Dry Eyes, Cataracts, and More, ft.

[@bugsy1254]

About 3 or 4 years ago I was having an eye exam for reading glasses. They found that I had cataracts and said that they may become an issue in a few years. I started a strict carnivore diet in November 2023. In July 2024 I went for another eye test for glasses. They couldn’t find any indication of the previous cataracts. I am 72 years old and my vision has improved to the point that I can read small print without my glasses. The optometrist also mentioned that I have extremely good unaided long vision.

[@Henri377]

Thank you for sharing this ⚘️

[@NevinSonis]

@@bugsy1254 👌 Thank you for sharing. We have a saying in Turkish " "some meat a day keeps the doctor away " Not 🍎

[@24revealer]

It would help if you tell us what you were eating before this.

[@vitme0090]

Idk how people do carnivore only. Fruit is delicious

[@Anna-uv4gr]

You were misdiagnosed at either the first or the second examination; once the proteins in the lens crystallise, they cannot go back. Opticians also have different standards for what counts as a 'cataract'.

[@naturalikes]

The biggest side effect of castor oil is its negative effects on pharmaceutical earnings.

[@Longtack55]

For which you have no evidence...

[@chrisbradley3224]

No, it's quack medicine. Try Mobil 1 in your eye time, it'll go 10k miles.

[@NotAUtubeCeleb]

You do realize that just means another company is making the earnings right?

[@franflan1019]

.. and apparently brain power.

[@DOLEWDREW]

The earning$ of the$e "doctor$" would be a clo$e $econd‼️

[@5DogMa]

I'm 70 and HAD dry eye and even had Punctal plugs put in twice for my dry eye condition. I started using Castor Oil for a lot of things including putting it on my eye lids, eye lashes and eye brows. Well, my dry eye condition is gone, my eye lashes and eyebrows are fuller and longer. Castor oil does so many wonderful things I'm a big fan of it.

[@chucksul4350]

About 10 years ago I noticed that my wife's eyes looked a bit cloudy. When I said something she said she saw rings around lights at night. I looked on the web and read about using 100% organic non hexane processed castor oil. I bought some. She put 1 drop in each eye once a day. Within a week the cloudiness was gone when I looked at her eyes and she no longer saw rings around lights at night. Unexpectedly she also noticed the floaters were gone as were her dry eyes. She is 74 now and has used one drop in each eye every day. Castor oil is inexpensive, easy to use, has no apparent side issues, and doesn't require the expense of a doctor or pharmaceutical drugs. Real world results that have no hope of producing monopolistic profits for doctors and pharmaceutical companies stand little chance of being studied. When you two get older and have these issues perhaps after researching the side effects of cataract surgery and various pharmaceutical drugs you will try castor oil for yourselves and your loved ones. Kinda like pediatricians who refuse to give their own kids any vaccines.

[@chrisbradley3224]

Stop spreading BS, topical castor oil, a lubricant, cannot correct astigmatism (rings) or remove material from the vitreous (floaters).

[@franflan1019]

What absolute unscientific nonsense.

[@tomgoff7887]

what paediatrician would not give his/her own kid vaccines?

[@ninadn9890]

I believe everything you say

[@HappyLife-wv5ms]

@@tomgoff7887 you would be surprised

[@roxyiconoclast]

Great video. But one point that was missed is that castor oil is quite inexpensive and using it on eyelids is less fiddly than OTC or rx eye drops. I’ve had dry eyes and blepharitis for decades, and I saved a lot of money and time by switching to using castor oil around my lash line and taking an omega 3 supplement. Works for my N of 1 study!

[@BrainFrogFog]

@@roxyiconoclast thank you!

[@larrywashburn9435]

WOW Dr Allen's description of the Eye was so detailed to me without obfuscating the description with medical terms I now know what my Dr did to me with cataract surgery at age 65. great description with a visual, my kudos to Dr Allen!

[@Physionic]

He’s great :)

[@dumnub6824]

Did not expect this collab!

[@DoctorEyeHealth]

Excellent video! Thanks so much!

[@Physionic]

Thanks for joining - I don't think I could have covered this nearly as well without you. :)

[@sounorlater3591]

autosatisfaction

[@gracefranciosa2185]

IT WORKS!!! SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE!!!!!!

[@BetterDays_Now]

Truth !

[@kateemerald5060]

But castor oil has properties to cross membranes that other oils don't have...hence castor oil packs on the liver. Why couldn't it then cross through the eye.

[@Physionic]

Do you have any evidence of that? Because, oils are all made of fats, making them lipophilic, which should impart some level of similarity depending on the structure of the fat molecules making up the oil.

[@joltjolt5060]

@@Physionic it's supposedly anti inflammatory? And maybe poisons the mites?

[@williamfdunlap3738]

This isn't quite related to the subject but another name for castor oil is palma christi. It was an anointing oil in antiquity and they would place it in the eyes, sometimes with other dotes or antidotes.

[@robertyang2864]

who will be running research on castor oil? definitely not the big pharma.

[@chrisbradley3224]

No, but who is pushing castor oil in these comments? The people who sell it. It may shock you, but an entirely different set of shady people profit from it.

[@Darlene-tk6qb]

@@chrisbradley3224Really? Do you know for sure that people commenting here are selling it, or are you just making up stuff?

[@astrikstar]

Castor oil penetrates skin faster than any other oil. It has become my moisturiser. And I have extremely dry skin Now about the eyes. I was diagnosed with dry eye syndrome over a year ago. The doctor sold me eye drops for it. My eyes became dryer than ever and irritated. I decided to try castor oil. So for over a year now I am applying 100% oil on my eyes copiously twice a day. Not just around it. A lot of it goes in. Not only it fixed my dry eyes but also during the allergy season. Previous years my eyes would be very irritated with all the pollen in the air. No more! No, I haven't changed anything else in my life routine. Castor oil is a preventative approach and there is no money in it for the pharmaceutical companies. That is why there are so few research papers.

[@travelguy1564]

Great Comment! A personal testimonial can sure make a difference, and many testimonials saying similar results are usually all You Tube watchers need to be convinced!

[@Deusaga]

I don't think it penetrates skin at all. Or very little. But it is amazing to moisturize dry skin on the surface. Fr I've had dry skin for all my 32 years, no moisturizer has worked, skin goes dry again within 10-60 minutes. I started mixing a dollop of castor oil to the moisturizers whenever I apply it, it leaves my skin healthy and not dry for days. Like, dry scaly lizard looking legs, to healthy looking legs in one application. And it lasts ALL DAY. I apply it in the morning, and when I go to bed at night the legs still feel a bit oily (which is proof as to why it absorb into the skin, it sits on the surface like a protective barrier). Also great for feet.

[@reccocon3442]

It may have an opposite affect when it comes to applying a compress compared to being absorbed by the skin -where it seems to pull toxins out from e.g. a compress over the liver area. That is what I've read so please do your research.

[@astrikstar]

@reccocon3442 It is a personal observation. When I apply castor oil on my skin, within a few minutes, my skin is not so oily. I used to use olive oil before. It would sit on my face forever. In generally most of the oils have a pulling effect.

[@serenashaw-q3y]

Like the benefit of Vit d3. They can't licence it, so can't make money out of it, or put money into trials. Big pharma wants to make big money.

[@soullaavgousti1497]

Sounds implausible that an oil can actually penetrate the skin down to deep tissue, however I know for a fact that castor oil DOES! My nephew's wife had sharp pains in her abdomen and a scan found she had a cyst the size of a tennis ball on her fallopian tube. I happened to watch a youtube video with excerpts from a brilliant Australian naturopath, Barbara O'Neill, who showed how to apply a compress of castor oil to the stomach area every day for tumours, but it takes around 3 months. I told my nephew this but of course his wife didn't have 3 months to find out if it worked as she was in so much discomfort and had to have it surgically removed. However, they found she had a smaller cyst on the other side and she started to apply the castor oil compress to that area every day for around 2/3 months and her follow up scan showed the cyst had gone. AMAZING.

[@chrisbradley3224]

@@soullaavgousti1497 nonsense, total misinformation

[@markmcd2780]

@@chrisbradley3224 So clearly you must know @soullaavgousti1497? I mean otherwise you wouldn't make such an outrageous comment on someone's experience... right?

[@Cube_Ernator1077]

@@chrisbradley3224 Do You KNOW this commenter?

[@Anna-uv4gr]

That is hilarious.

[@larryerb]

Not conclusive yet seems to work for me

[@momovuyisich8945]

Correction for the statement made by Dr Eye Health at 3:15. The pupil does not help focus the light; it controls the amount of light that comes into the eye. It opens when it's dark and closes when it's bright, just like an aperture on a camera lens. This also controls the depth of field (the distance range in focus), which is greater with the more closed pupil.

[@MoSec9]

Cool. I definitely know more about cameras than about the eye. But “focusing the light” makes a lot of sense to me. I have prescription glasses for nearsightedness but I rarely wear them because I rarely need them. But when driving at night or during rainy dreary days and I look at a road sign that is farther than 500 feet I see too much light/brightness along the characters I’m trying to read- so I squint my eyes to “focus that light” on the characters and prevent it from being shiny. That’s the intention and what it looks like I’m doing. Focusing distance range, like you explained it, may be accurate but doesn’t sound as intuitive I guess.

[@DoctorEyeHealth]

That is technically correct, the pupil size does change the depth of field, but for explaining things simply, I think it fine to use it in such context.

[@seanrowshandel1680]

That's a great distinction

[@didjitalone9544]

And changing the depth of field can change how much of the image is in focus, depending on some other factors (e.g. imaging sensor size).

[@laeconomistablockchain8177]

I used it putting a little bit of it on my eyelashes as a reccomendation of the mom of a friend because my natural eyelashes are so small , it did help me a lot and after using it daily at night for 2 months they did really grow , this was 5 years ago and since them my eyelashes now are decent ( before I could not even get some eyelashes lifting because being small but now I can ) using a cotton swab with some castor oitl ( not so much to make the eyelashes heavy )

[@Rob-bq6ek]

I use organic castor oil for dry eyes and it works! I was in the eye care field for decades and used artificial tears on and off for years. At best, I got very little temporary relief. I can go days now with real relief. Imo, over the counter and prescription eye drops don't help the underlying causes of dry eyes and end up being very expensive.

[@Physionic]

Thanks for sharing!

[@Coconutoilcrazy]

Do you put the oil in the eye or just on the eyelid and let the oil seep in the eye?

[@mariahzalera2123]

It's my lucky day. I have been seeing so much hype about it and wished you would make a video about whether theres any scientific backings to the claims.

[@Joe_C.]

But he did say it "may" help heal the surface of the eye and sharpen eyesight 👀

[@DrAJ_LatinAmerica]

Thank you for the video. I was not aware people were doing this for cataracts and very surprised they felt they could reverse or cure years of damage. Guessing these are the same people who go to the fortune teller instead of the lab to determine if they are pregnant or not. You're doing great work 👍

[@igyysdaddy191]

you are so productive, im happy to learn new things with this frequency

[@TheCookiecupcakes]

"Never be cross or cruel, never give us castor oil, or gruel." That song is a banger! I have heard some strange claims about castor oil. Some people put it in their belly button but I do not know why. I like Dr. Allen!

[@tmtb80]

@TheCookiecupcakes "Close your mouth , Michael - we are not a codfish!" Love that movie.

[@nyckolaus]

I LOVE the red shirt!

[@BlackButterFlyTongue]

Implausible not unplausible Dr. Allen. I recommend to use squalane oil, which is in our natural eye oils.

[@johntokarski7255]

Caster oil hexane free cold press. How I used to help with my cornea scar…… Use at night before going to sleep because it can blur vision because it’s thick. Place one drop in eye then place warm compress over closed eye allows to help castor oil absorb. There are over the counter Eye ointments that are thicker than castor oil recommended to use, I tried and I prefer castor oil at night. The warm compress really helps. I am not saying castor oil CURES cataracts, just like I would not say castor oil CURES cancer. THE BIG C! Or the big S oops $. My opinion or my takeaway based on my experience is, 100% hexane free cold pressed castor oil has some benefits for the eye. It’s just not a cure all. Lookup castor oil for scars.

[@MyBeautifulHealth]

Luckily, I don’t need a study to prove the benefits I’m personally receiving from using castor oil.

[@Dimitri88888888]

💀💀💀

[@Zach-h2l]

like have you not heard of the placebo effect? Did you not hear the part literally in thia video where he said "Ahh confounding factors, the bane of anecdote?" Why are you here if you're this disinterested in science lol

[@MyBeautifulHealth]

@ No. Never heard of it. I don’t actually watch videos, I only comment.🙄 Big leap asserting such an assumption-how, exactly, did you conclude such a thing from one comment? You know, though, a shot of straight castor oil might help with that.

[@yureituesday]

You can’t argue with results.

[@hfctab3799]

Looking for "evidence " of effectiveness of natural remedies on pubmed would be a futile exercise. Research institutions receiving grants from pharmaceutical companies and pharmaceutical companies conducting their own research would never find that humble natural remedies are as effective as their own licensed products. Not understanding it in 2025 plain naive

[@dorisdeak-qr7eu]

Chemicals can cause cataracts, including acetone often used in removing nail polish.

[@cindianderson9443]

The problem is it's almost impossible to find eye drops that aren't full of all kind of chemicals. Putting 100% castor oil on your lids is easy and does work for dry eye.

[@sbmart5929]

Agree. Even the so-called natural tear drops that are supposed to be chemical free and recommended by ophthalmologists burn my eyes.

[@Physionic]

What if I told you castor oil is also a chemical - would that change anything for you?

[@cindianderson9443]

@@Physionic Okay, I'm listening. If you mean in the sense that everything is a chemical, then sure. I almost said "toxic" chemical, but then people are going to argue whether various ones are toxic or not. But they still consider thermiserol to be non-toxic so I have zero trust in people who say any given chemical is non-toxic.

[@sbmart5929]

@@Physionic it doesn’t for me because while the eye drops burn my eyes, the castor oil does not.

[@m.b.593]

@@Physionic Curious what your point is? 🙏🏻

[@patriciaferraro4189]

A study by Tsubota used water-free petrolatum for the management of dry eye, applying it on the lower eyelid twice a day. It caused a decrease in the tear evaporation rate, improvement in blink rates, reduction in severity of foreign body sensation and/or transient blurring of vision, possibly by interacting / stabilizing the tear lipid layer, according to the study

[@williammackey7243]

So when people say they see something what you’re saying is they’re not seeing what they’re saying they should not trust their own eyes is that correct?

[@joltjolt5060]

Gaslighting 101

[@markmcd2780]

If the trial was only applied to 1 eye, how can you say there was no controls? Surely that's the BEST control because there's no variation in subject - 1 eye gets the treatment & the other doesn't!

[@Physionic]

That is a great control - that wasn’t the point. They simply didn’t report the results for the control on several measurements.

[@markmcd2780]

@@Physionic Oops! My bad...

[@telebiopic]

6:41 just because we don’t understand the mechanism, it cannot be labeled as ‘no evidence’ …. Many things in nature work through second order and third order effects. Anecdotally a lot many people say castor oil works, so more empirical research needs to be done even though the mechanism is not understood.

[@Physionic]

Sure, but for a science channel, it’s correct to say there’s no evidence.

[@Lehanii]

I have thyroid affected dry, puffy eyes. Do not put castor oil around eyes with thyroid issues. It made mine sooooo much worse, bloodshot and puffy.

[@MarinaAgliullina]

Last year I decided to try castor oil drops as an experiment because I found no studies but a lot of claims on social media. I did my own drops and used them for 3 months. It didn’t help with floaters. It helped a bit with dry eyes but I liked eye drops from the pharmacy better. Besides, for dry eyes, it was a very temporary effect. I prefer to do massage around eyes and nose to provoke more tear film in my eyes

[@1bouzouki]

Question: What is the content of the eye drops used and sold to cure cataracts in animals? I've read some time ago that a lab in San Diego developed eye drops for humans that worked on pets as well ro remove cataracts.. But, the FDA only approved the eye drops fpr pets! What gives???

[@mark-c802]

i tried various eyedrops to reverse cataracts with nac, taurine, hyaluronic acid, etc in small percentages and even straight or diluted castor oil with no success...pure castor oil around the socket can affect inflammation, eyebags, drooping eyelids, etc but aloe vera gel works better...👓

[@ninadn9890]

I dont think this guy is right. I was diagnized with cataract 3 4 years ago and after two years of diagnosis I went to optician He said I do not have cataract as I had used castor oil. also my dry eyes have improved Actually somehow I dont use it now but will start soon as it does help

[@Neptunecloud]

Thats good to know.Did you use castor oil on the lids,around the eyes or drops inside the eyes and how many drops did you use?

[@markmcd2780]

@@Neptunecloud See my comment above - I use 1 (occasionally 2 by accident) in each eye directly. Note, make sure it is cold-pressed pure castor oil & not some chemical version.

[@Anna-uv4gr]

If the guy said using castor oil had got rid of your cataract, then he's not an optician!

[@markmcd2780]

@@Anna-uv4gr - HE didn't say it, nor did I say he did. HE said what he saw & it was clearly NOT what the optometrist saw 3 weeks before. Castor oil was what I used & the before & after results were strikingly different.

[@ninadn9890]

@@Anna-uv4gr I did not say what he said I said what worked for me. Everyone has their own opinion and experience

[@snbjorgbjartmarsdottir7154]

How do glaucoma-eyedrops work ?

[@agape777]

It’s a bit irritating you didn’t cover eye inflammation or Uveitis.

[@ChrisLaw-e6o]

So did Bruce and Aretha. Pink ones.

[@Ded-Ede]

6:32 what about rubbing castor oil on the eyelids, under the eye, around the temple and eyebrows, eye socket. Any benefit that directly affects the brain or eye or eye muscles?

[@travelguy1564]

That's what I've been doing for two months now and I've noticed less wrinkling on my face - it's definitely cut down the "crows feet wrinkles" near my eyes!

[@Pissarrio]

how about using castor oil for skin/face?

[@NevinSonis]

I am 60 years old. I've started using castor oil around my face, neck, chest, cleavage and back of my hand. I got amazing results around my neck and cleavage! For some reason I didn't work well for my hands. But. I am determined to find a natural cure for that as well.😊

[@yvonnelorentz9473]

@@NevinSonis mix castor oil with beef tallow and blend till white and fluffy. It works beautifully

[@NevinSonis]

@@yvonnelorentz9473 Thank you 😊

[@pablopolski1228]

The take away is not to trust a double blind study in this case.

[@pohaa]

I see what you did there.

[@trueman2542]

Thanks.😊

[@SkyBluRivers]

DMSO can carry the castor oil through to the cataract

[@Physionic]

Any evidence you can provide in the form of a study?

[@SkyBluRivers]

@ There is all kinds of information about DMSO being a carrier. The important thing to know about it is that it can carry all kinds of things into your body so you have to be careful about what soaps and detergents you are around while using it. It can also draw poison out of your body as well. I recently used castor oil and DMSO on my chest and back, forehead and sinuses to heal from a nasty sinus and chest infection. Do some research on DMSO, pharmaceutical grade. It is almost a miracle cure for all manner of things.

[@Physionic]

We use DMSO in the lab as a vehicle, but that doesn’t mean it’ll carry a compound past the layers of the eye like Dr. Allen described. I still need evidence - a hypothesis does not make evidence. Also, “do some research on DMSO” - all good, but I worked with DMSO in the lab for 10 years, I’m well acquainted.

[@SkyBluRivers]

@@Physionic I’ve spent over 20 years using dmso along with chlorine dioxide and colloidal silver water. I cured my father’s skin cancer with those 3 things. I have been using the castor oil with dmso for a cataract in my left eye. I started using it about a month ago and I am experiencing very positive results as I can see better now than I could a-month ago.

[@SkyBluRivers]

@@Physionic it’s funny how every time I reply to you my replies get deleted.

[@jeffscalfano3100]

Wouldnt you say: " whats good for the rear end "could possibly give you pink eye if exposed.

[@Physionic]

Haha, too true

[@bradleyburdett5361]

Totally missed the mark in understanding that the oil is a delivery agent.

[@marciadurbin9036]

Do you know what would help Diplopia?

[@patrickstevenredelfs4705]

“THESE” data (plural) “this” datum (singular), like criterion.😊 (the curse of being an English teacher….like the scarcity of adverbs!😄)

[@veronicaheaney3464]

I have used castor oil to moisturize my eyelids when, for whatever reason, they became dried and scratchy, even looked like they were becoming infected - likely due a very dry environment. I didn’t use it because I thought it some miracle cure, but simply because, if any did get into the eye I knew it would not have an ill effect. After all, it is in eye drops. I used a procedure I thought might be helpful: 1) wiped eyelids with wipes recommended by my doctor before my cataract surgery. (On its own, didn’t work. Seemed to dry surface even more, but helpful in removing possible sources of infection. 2) Used a sterile pad soaked in warm sterile water to apply moisture to the surface. Left in place for about 5 minutes. 3) Used a sterile swab to apply a thin layer of castor oil to the damp surface. I’d tried other recommendations but had no success with them. This left my eyelids feeling normal - no itch, no dryness - within a few hours. Did the Castor oil “cure” the problem? I don’t think so. It merely gave protection against environmental drying effects which can cause all sorts of damage to the tender skin around the eyes.

[@tkorte101]

I think the doctor came close to understanding a possible mechanism, but missed it. I suspect the degradation of the lens is caused by external environmental effects that penetrate the eye. When an eye has had its barriers weakened, for example with dry eye, external contaminants are able to reach the interior and cause damage. I think castor oil helps the body heal the surface of the eye and then the body can do what it can to heal the interior of the eye. So basically castor oil can help indirectly. I know from personal experience that applying it to the eyelids before bed provides a huge improvement in dry eye effects. One of the most annoying things about contemporary 'scientists' is that they often refuse to believe anything unless there's a study done on it. It's like gravity didn't exist until Newton saw the apple fall to Earth. It's a hallmark of arrogance and hubris.

[@Physionic]

"One of the most annoying things about contemporary 'scientists' is that they often refuse to believe anything unless there's a study done on it. It's like gravity didn't exist until Newton saw the apple fall to Earth. It's a hallmark of arrogance and hubris." It's true that scientists default to 'is there a study on it?' mentality - I do the exact same thing; however, the flip side is we over value stories and untested hypotheses as fact, which is far more harmful to the public, even if acknowledging things exist before studies identified them as true wouldn't hurt.

[@tkorte101]

@Physionic I'm not saying all anecdotes should be accepted as fact, and actually I think you're reasonably well balanced in your presentations for the most part. But there's a difference between something not being studied and something being studied and proven as false, but those two scenarios are frequently conflated and the result presented as science. Science is actually supposed to be about explaining observations using the scientific method, not denying observations that haven't been studied. As for my theory on eye health, it comes from actual experience with my dog's cataracts and how they progressed. At one point when he already had them but they weren't that bad, I had painted something outside and let it dry but because it was cold I brought it in after it was tack free and put it in the basement to cure. That was around lunch and at suppertime i noticed that my dog's cataracts had gotten way way worse over the course of the afternoon. I couldn't smell any paint fumes but then realized I had been clearing my throat a lot, so obviously there were fumes present. Needless to say I immediately removed the item from the house but the fumes had penetrated his eyes and caused damage within the lens. One eye is far worse than the other and after much thinking and observation I suspect it's because the eye surface was weakened by his window surfing in the car, which probably caused the leading eye (the left, because he was always out the passenger window) to develop dry eye or some other form of surface degradation to a greater extent than the other. I know this isn't a scientific study and my conclusions might be incorrect, but I can think of nothing else that fits the observations. I thought back further and I'm pretty sure his cataracts started when I began using a bathroom cleaner that turned out to have highly irritating fumes, which fits with the protective breakdown theory.

[@Longtack55]

Your argument showed promise until you took a giant leap into the abyss of b.s.

[@tkorte101]

@Longtack55 Knowing that I'm a disappointment to someone like yourself makes my day. Thanks!

[@og8425]

Precisely. Enough people have tried it to look at anecdotal evidence at least - like, actually listening to people. So many people have said it helped, why not listen? Should be enough curiosity for a scientist to derive studies to find correlations at least, to try and find mechanisms...

[@Me2-l4m]

Castrol oil enemas haven't heard of that one yet.... I bet it would be messy

[@Harassed247]

I have double dips at the back of one eye and one dip on the other, just starting to get cataracts and floaters, my eyesight seems to be deteriorating every year now. Don't think Castro Oil will help!

[@fairchild1737]

@Harassed247 Rub on eyelids. My doctor said my eyes are fine now. Had cataracts , must be gone. I need an oil to rub on for eye pressure IOP? Tiny drop of frankincense in the castor oil of eyelids. Yes, it does.

[@mglacour]

Great stuff! Would love for you to dive deep into castor oil for your skin (in general), and if it helps build up or decrease your facial fat. you'd break the internet diving deep in to this! And anecdotally, doing red-light therapy 4-5 days per week with my bioxmax, I have noticed that my vision has improved. I keep my eyes closed (no goggles).

[@appresley4071]

If it doesn't do any damage, who cares what people put on their eyes.

[@didjitalone9544]

Try imagining it is someone you actually care about that needs help and instead of pursuing things that would actually help them they instead waste their money on something that doesn't improve their condition while passing by things that have a track record of helping people in their situation. That said, people gotta live their lives. I have enough trouble living my own.

[@pjaworek6793]

You have superb timing.

[@deflo56]

Recently diagnosed with Rosacea. I switched to castor oil as the Metronidazole wasn’t a cure. Still got the pimples. They just weren’t as painful. Twice a day and the pimples went away. A little redness so I still use it. I’ll put a drop on my finger and go around each eye, including the eye lid. The thing I noticed though was my eye redness and gunk in my lashes went away. Perhaps it interferes with the mites I unintentionally farm? Just postulating. lol

[@k.b.woodworker3250]

Yes, rosacea of the skin is often accompanied by ocular rosacea.

[@joltjolt5060]

Def kills mites, so does tea tree oil, supposedly.

[@narkybark]

"as we all know, what's good for the rear end must be good for the eyes" *applause*

[@HellBoy-id6ss]

"puny guns"??... you're the most jacked nerd on KZbin..

[@Physionic]

Ha! Thanks!

[@keithmichael112]

Kyle Hill though

[@Brian0wns]

Off topic but I find the relation of gut health to eye health really interesting and would love to see some input on that. If some gut disorders effect eye health then maybe supplements or diets can improve eye health? But how / why does that work? At any rate you do an amazing job here thank you

[@shannonharris2602]

Its good for tbe tbird rye,the brown eye 😅

[@Kevin_Street]

Thank you for this video! It's really interesting, even if castor oil isn't that useful. Null results are information too. I particularly like how clear and well organized the information is. Well done!

[@Physionic]

Good point :)

[@DanielGennaro]

I can’t take it anymore. I had some type of preseptal cellulitis a year ago and then it turned into a chalazion. I had to have surgery to get cut and drainage. Unfortunately ever since then the eyelid which the surgery was done has given me problems it is feeling like it is in painand it is constantly dry and itchy. I went to several different ophthalmologist and the most recent one did a few tests and he told me that I have my meibomium gland dysfunction. Or MGD . I don’t know what to do anymore but my eyelid is also very squishy. It’s like I can hear it clicking and popping. I don’t know if it’s an allergic type of reaction because it does seem like it gets worse at my girlfriend‘s house and she does have a golden retriever dog That goes to daycare but I’m really not sure I just know it keeps bothering me so much mentally that I am totally at the end of my rope, and I can’t take it anymore

[@joltjolt5060]

Try washing entire face using a drop or two tea tree oil in face wash, wash eyes and brows too, leave on about 2 minutes, rinse, then use preferably sterile white petrolatum on eyes. Do 2x a day.

[@joltjolt5060]

White petrolatum tea tree oil scrub

[@annekulju7556]

Have you (all people) ever read about some topic, how science has just now noticed how things are not the way science understood them before. Science changes. And everything hasn't even been tested yet, more and new information is coming all the time. Otherwise, we wouldn't need to have scientists at all, let's stick to the same old knowledge. We blindly believe that old information. That information is real, as long as it is refuted by new information. Intelligence is flexibility in thoughts.

[@roqclimber]

My father drove a Cataract.

[@bunyip250]

I umm,.... SEE what you did there. Wait,...yeah,....naaa,.... I don't get it.

[@Physionic]

Dude, nice! Can't have worked very well, though.

[@skyelord6229]

It was gray, wasn't it?

[@darkpatches]

@@skyelord6229 Wrecked it. It was impossible to see at night.

[@Jeffs60]

I came to USA from China 5 years ago and I drive a Rincoln but I just got a recall in the mail about a problem with the nut behind the wheel.

[@DanzeMusic]

What I find castor oil is good for for the eyes is the increase of thickness to the eyelashes. I did have a few massive floaters in my eyes after an eye operation which actually compromised my vision, however, they all disappeared soon after I started doing OMAD, maybe autophagy took care of them? 🤔

[@andries1704]

Please explain what OMAD is.

[@Mo-yj3wf]

In my case, OMAD animal proteins and butter.

[@sbmart5929]

@@andries1704 OMAD means one meal a day.

[@SpudIs2]

@@andries1704 OMAD is one meal a day.

[@DanzeMusic]

@@andries1704 OMAD = ‘one meal a day’ 😘

[@garotogamerprofissional8266]

Coud you talk about HMB? (Beta-Hidroxy Beta-Methyl Butiric Acid) And its effects on muscle growth

[@Physionic]

It's on my list of topics

[@danspicer79]

Laxative drops in my eyes? I'll cry you a river.

[@markmcd2780]

If the laxative effect occurs in the eyes, it's not crying you'll be doing...

[@AliceR27]

I, too, have heard 100s of "benefits" of castor oil and always ask How is this different from other oils? When looking at ingredients in eye drops, I discovered that Systane actually contains mineral oil, so I asked my retinal specialist. If mineral oil is bad for your skin, how can it be good for your eyes? He simply said yes and mentioned a lot of his patients liked Ivizia. My eyes felt worse with Systane and really with most drops after extended use. I recently bought Bausch & Lomb Biotrue because it has glycerin as active ingredient and included sodium hyaluronate. So far so good. I have macular degeneration and had vitreous detachments in both eyes last year, so I was curious about eye drops with hyaluronic acid since it is naturally occurring in eye fluids. Quite frankly, I find ophthalmologists don't really seem to have any good recommendations for eye moisturizers and virtually no real advice.

[@petermacdonald6332]

So you’re wearing contact lenses? Biotrue is a contact lens cleaner but you’re using it for hydration?

[@AliceR27]

@petermacdonald6332 NO. It is for dry eyes. I have individual vials. Says Hydration booster for irritated, dry eyes, instant moisture.

[@petermacdonald6332]

@@AliceR27 That makes more sense as B&L call their lens cleaner Biotrue as well. Thanks.🙏

[@chrisbradley3224]

Systane doesn't contain mineral oil, only Systane Complete. Systane Complete contains mineral oil in an attempt to stabilize your tear film and prevent evaporative loss. I do not find it effective for me (regular Systane is better), but I am sure it works for some depending on the cause of their dry eye.

[@angelic8632002]

Love when actual doctors network like this. There is so much misinformation out there that its hard for us who have no education in this to judge what plausible or not. Sure I think I know a few red flags to look out for, like if they have monetary incentive to mislead etc. But its not comparable to information like this. Big thanks to you and Allen.

[@Physionic]

Thanks! I’m glad it’s helpful - it’s even more helpful when there are specialists like Joseph, too.

[@DOLEWDREW]

I take zero comfort in your statement! The horrid reality is that "doctors" kill more people each year than soldiers in wars‼️ But being the highly esteemed self agrandized darlings that beLIEve they are God's gift to mere mortals, they obviously had to give their dastardly deeds a fancy schmancy name: IATROGENIC DEATH‼️ It's the third leading cause of death in America but some of the darlings will sanctimoniously protest that it's actually only 👀the 4 or 5th leading cause‼️🤣🤣🤣🤨I shudder to even contemplate what it might be like if their motto wasn't "First Do No Harm"‼️😐

[@GenkiDamaSSJ]

Was there a significant improvement in lid wiper epitheliology according to the paper as claimed?

[@spockboy]

Nice work lads!

[@goatmonkey2112]

What if I just want to poop a lot? Will the castor oil help me see that the toilet is full?

[@gatesroyale]

Can u talk about bill Gates and being vaccinated via our food syteam?

[@parryfrank823]

Something cause cataracts to form- having cataracts are not a survival mechanism-Ugh! Metabolic Syndrome (MS )probably increases the rate that the lenses deteriorate. Diabetes is associated with increased formation. The Doctors here don't know how castor oil might improve cataracts, but they probably can't fully explain how MS results in the increased rate of cataract formation. The eyes are in a continuous process of healing. Castor oil may interfere with the destructive effects of MS on the eye and allow the natural process of healing to improve the cataracts. Lack of studies is unfortunate.

[@big5astra]

"Double blind" studies don't work where these studies aim to measure improvement in eyesight! (Ha ha ha)

[@Physionic]

Other interventions have shown improvements in RCTs

[@big5astra]

@@Physionic Now I've caught you in the "sense of humour" category!!! You seem to enjoy a good joke, no? Clue: "Double blind..."

[@Physionic]

You got me!!

[@randalldemichel4818]

Someone told me about vitamin E years ago. He said to put it on your eyes and it would help your vision . Because I had a friend that was a ww 2 Vet that had cataract surgery, I tried it. That was over 20 years ago. I haven’t had cataracts and I am 73 now . I only use it semi-often. I also started taking Lutein and zeaxanthin about 6 years ago. It prevents macular degeneration . And it can restore your vision if you start having it. Your eyes absolutely need these nutrients.

[@gailzharv]

@@randalldemichel4818 "in" your eyes or on your eyelids? Thank you

[@randalldemichel4818]

@ Break open a vit E capsule and put a drop on the eyeball before you sleep . You’ll notice a difference when you wake up. Don’t use it in the daytime because it makes a film that gives you blurry vision for a while. I normally put it on for a few nights . Vit E is the only vitamin that restores tissue . I learned that years ago when I had a 2nd degree burn on my hand , and put Vit. E on for a month. My hand is healed. A nurse told me about it then.

[@bp56789]

If a lot of people are saying it reversed their cataracts, that's an anecdote to take very seriously, even if you don't understand how it would work mechanistically. Scientists treating all anecdotes as literally zero evidence is very anti-Bayesian, i.e. wrong. There are some situations where anecdote is worthless (highly multi-factor diseases), and some where you can have n=1, and basically be 100% certain that something works (as long as there is no other plausible hypothesis that fits the data).

[@Physionic]

This is a Frequentist channel 😛

[@bp56789]

@@Physionic You'll come round eventually.

[@siwalairatsamee3832]

Castor oil on eyelids helps me go to sleep works 90 % of time❤more at Patcharapat Hua Hin research

[@daryloya]

Nice haircut🙂

[@rug212]

Eye blink transition edits. Nice touch!

[@DoctorEyeHealth]

I appreciate that too!

[@daysoftheboo]

Doesn't castor oil cause hair growth??

[@Riley512]

Kinda. Women use it for growing stronger eyebrow / eyelash.

[@og8425]

Yes

[@Zero-eb4oq]

NO, one time I accidentally drop it into my eyes and it got so so dry so so painful, I have to wash it with a lot of eye droplet

[@anna9072]

I’m sorry, but “the truth exposed” is just wrong. You state that there are no studies that would settle the issue conclusively, but then make a decision based on “well, I don’t see how it could work”. While I personally would lean toward an expert opinion, it is still an opinion and an opinion based on currently available knowledge does not measure up to the standard of definitive proof.

[@jonnyoneplate]

Did you listen to what was said?? "Expert opinion" is not an accurate characterization. They evaluate evidence and speculate based on biological facts. Get real

[@tpennyhealth5861]

Sorry, but in medicine the experts don't want you healed. They only treat the symptoms and keep you sick for life

[@zexxefx]

Hey Sir Hope you doing good Do you need thumbnail designer For High CTR !!

[@CarlosSouza-rv8vs]

Vc está errado! O óleo de rícino e sim um excelente produto para os olhos, e não só para os olhos e sim para várias partes do corpo com inflamação...

[@carol1123]

I figured castor oil is not sanitary so please be careful putting it into your eyes

[@McD-j5r]

Why castor oil is influencing economy all of a sudden?

[@barend7784]

The combination with 25% polysorbate 80 and water makes the bioavailability 100% and should be tested

[@adriendarnoux475]

No one : Physionic : *sighs*

[@chrissteele8800]

Also sometimes I share this, the Bible says that GOD loves us so much that he sent his son JESUS CHRIST to this earth and HE lived a perfect sinless life.And JESUS went to a cross and gave HIS life for us.And rose again in 3 days and who ever will receive JESUS AS THEIR SAVIOR AND ASK HIM TO COME INTO THEIR HEART AND FORGIVE THEIR SINS,HE WILL TAKE YOU TO HEAVEN.

[@lisawonderful2222]

there are homeopathic eye drops for various issues which do not contain chemicals as was mentioned in a previous comment

[@m.b.593]

Can you recommend brand? 🙏🏻

[@Longtack55]

Do they work?

[@lisawonderful2222]

@ would i suggest them if they didn’t

[@lisawonderful2222]

@@m.b.593 well try googling that or any search engine I think if i suggest it may be frowned upon

[@og8425]

I've tried those but they did not work for me.

[@ronjean6034]

I found this report overall gave a negative bias towards Caster Oil. I wont bother detailing my experience with Caster Oil & being 77 yrs of age & now a retired Naturopath, I conclude that my opinion on the piece & therefore all other KZbin reports generated by this person should be considered biased as well. Very disappointing.

[@haveaniceday7950]

I’m listening…

[@chrisbradley3224]

Castor oil is just a lubricant and can't penetrate the cornea. Naturopath, aka quack. I'll take the side of physics.

[@gaylemeredith4156]

Castor oil is more poisonous than a rattle snake but the manufacturers remove the poison.

[@isa-manuelaalbrecht2951]

Indeed it helpes me a lot against dry eyes..entre- autre..I don' t use it internally...😊😅😂

[@atikameg73]

Don't call your biceps puny! Hurts my feelings. lol

[@hbeezey]

I'm not trying to watch other people's content

[@jmc8076]

Always DYOR to verify what’s said/ written. I incl older and newest studies, reports etc for a good overview. Even learning to do quick search and scan for key info is a valuable skill now. I don’t read all in detail but TBF neither do health prof’ls I know. : ) I think Nic offered a course on learning to read/ review studies? Thx to both for video. Protect your eyes 👀 everyone! ✌️

[@gloriabailey6170]

Reason your not finding any studies is there’s no money in doing the study mostly too no one’s interested in the eyes as you maybe