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  • alisonW
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    This is the same idea as using an ointment in/on/or around the eyes. They are oil-based as well and many of us on here who use them can go all night and half of the day before needing drops. The only difference is the oils used - mineral oil and petrolatum instead of castor oil (mine is preservative -free & lanolin-free). Plus with the ointments they are completely sterile so no risk of infection.

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  • peepers
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    Originally posted by redandsensitive View Post
    avee:

    Does castor oil also improve redness in eyes, after one week?
    I'd like to know this aswel as i'd do anything for white eyes again!

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  • redandsensitive
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    avee:

    Does castor oil also improve redness in eyes, after one week?

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  • calcan
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    It's the only oil that works for me as well. There has been discussion in medical journals recently that olive oil may be better than castor oil, but I have had better success with the castor oil. If I accidentally miss a night where I don't apply it, my eyes are worse the next day.
    Also, castor oil is in Restasis as well as Endura. I order Endura drops from a Canadian pharmacy. Castor oil has been well-documented for many, many years as a remedy for dry eyes.

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  • avee
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    http://www.agingeye.net/dryeyes/overview.php
    I posted this link to somewhere else the other day, but it explains how the castor oil works - causes inflammation at first, but cures blepharitis over time. That's exactly how it's been working for me. C.O.is the only oily thing actually that I can put near my eyes. All other oils makes my eyes sore and red.

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  • calcan
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    I have also been using castor oil, and I have found that it helps. So far, I haven't had a problem with infection - I didn't realize this could be a problem. I mainly use along the top eye-lid, and probably a very small amount my seep into my eyes.

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  • Goeyes
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    toxic

    Yea I have heard some rumors that Castor oil has a toxic effect to the eyes....

    a lot of people report the sensation of burning and red eyes while using it
    especially most patients who use Restasis

    But for some reason it must be safe because it was FDA approved
    I dont think that it does surface damage to the eyes but it does seem to cause a reaction in some people, Ie. Burning and eye redness...

    I do wonder however though if this toxic effect is the main reason why it helps the eyes produce more tears, or the eye balls secrete more mucus from the conjuntivia because it is an irritant to mucus membranes...if i stand corrected. Thats why it works as a laxative when taken internally it irritates the mucosal lining of the large/small intestine causing it to spasm in waves...aka it makes you go to the bathroom lol

    well from where I stand Castor oil in no way can damage your eyes...it just causes burning and some eye redness...both of which can't damage the eye because the castor oil cannot destroy the cells of your eye like micro organisms do...aka bacteria, viruses, fungus, and mites....

    So like I said get some sterile castor oil from a compounding pharmacy and put it in the refrigerator and you should be safe from those.

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  • avee
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    Thank you, Goeyes! I keep my oil refigerated but yes - I've never thought that I risk with infection.
    I didn't understand what you said about the toxic effect castor oil has on eye. I didn't know it's toxic... Could you explain it please.

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  • Goeyes
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    Tried this

    Dear avee,

    I tried castor oil myself

    Found that it helps the skin on the outside of the eyelid and clears up anterior blepharitis, I notice it even regrows eye lashes itself but if it is unsterile, it is risky business.

    Oil has the potential to grow bacteria or infectious agents.

    This refresh endura has castor oil in it but its like .02 percent...not enough to cure or help dry eye in my opinion

    but eye docs and the companies who developed were only able to put it on the shelves because of one reason its STERILE.

    As for applying raw castor oil to the outside of the lids its risky business....due to the fact that the stuff you by from the store is not sterile, which if and when bacteria did get in the bottle and it seeped into your eye, you would be sorry cuz you could get a nasty eye infection.

    From now on I would suggest that you visit a homeopathic doctor who deals with a compounding pharmacy and have the doc to prescribe you some sterile castor oil from the compounding pharmacy.

    They would boil this oil at 300 degrees in an 1200 dollar pressurized autoclave killing any bacteria or bugs in it.

    when it would be shipped to your house you would need to keep it refrigerated.

    its way better than raw, and you dont risk getting a potentially blinding eye infection.

    Castor oil works, but even as for restasis...Im not sure if the toxic effects it has on the eye are a good thing....but maybe its the reaction that produces more tears....

    Never the less...you have found the solution to healing up the skin that has been abused due to dry eye...

    Oil helps

    I found that applying it after a shower...when the skin is dripping wet it locks in moisture in the skin healing it.

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  • avee
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    Success with castor oil

    I've been applying castor oil to my eyelashes (some of it gets into my eyes) for several months and it really improves my dry eye. Applying it at night removes the morning dryness. Allergan pharmaceuticals has formulated a castor oil approach called Endura - so there's nothing to be afraid of, I suppose. I use cold pressed castor oil from health store.
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