Ophthalmologist warns about the dangers of a new TikTok trend

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Ophthalmologist Vicky Chan warned about the dangers of a new trend.

According to Chan, videos in which users rub or drip castor oil into their eyes have been gaining popularity recently. Supporters of this method believe that it allows you to get rid of flies before your eyes, as well as cure cataracts and glaucoma.

The doctor emphasized that dripping castor oil into your eyes is not only useless, but also dangerous. Most likely, such actions will cause redness, itching and burning.

Chan explained that the flies before the eyes are formed inside the vitreous body, located inside the eye. According to her, in order to affect them, castor oil needs to penetrate the eye and dissolve the protein. However, it is not able to do this.

At the same time, the specialist clarified that castor oil is indeed a component of many eye drops. It is believed that it helps with dry eyes, but for this, according to Chan, it must be applied forever, and not dripped into the eyes.