I can function now with Castor Oil!

[MGD666]

I found castor oil to be the one "oil" that provided some real relief. When I was using it regularly, I purchased the organic, hexane-free variety and once opened, kept it refrigerated and used it in a glass eye dropper once or twice a day. None of the 5 doctors I have seen "blinked an eye" when I told them about this, so I wasn't too concerned about any possible long-term damage. I would imagine though that it's important to use the purest form of it, and to keep it refrigerated. I'll still use it occasionally when they are really dry, but am a little wary now with these reports about it being bad for one's eyes to use it like this. I do know that 100% Vitamin E oil did NOT help me, and ended up burning quite a bit.

[CC00]

Can you link me to something that talks about these contact lenses with Vit E oil?

Hi jthomp,

It is good that you had initially done well with castor oil, but I highly recommend against using castor oil for your eyes.

Castor oil has a substance linolenic acid which has been found to cause necrosis to conjunctiva cells (namely it kills eye cells), however castor oil is high in vitamin E content which is why some people might find it therapeutic.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17962450

Vitamin E oil has no stinging sensation and it immediately lubricates the eyes. In fact, currently scientists are developing contact lenses with a self-secreting supply of vitamin e oil due to its superior lubricating and healing properties.

http://www.livescience.com/8152-cont...eye-drops.html

Logan x

[MGD666]

re: Logandly - I have found castor oil to be helpful as well, and none of the specialists I have seen (Korb amongst them) advised against it. You may be correct, but then again, I have just not been told by any doctors I have discussed it with that it was toxic or could cause damage to eye cells. In my case, I made sure to use the organic, cold-pressed, hexane-free kind from Heritage. As far as Vitamin E goes, I had read your posts awhile back about you finding relief from this, and tried one of the kinds you mentioned. But as I mentioned terrible burning and redness ensued! Which kind exactly do you find works for you? Can anyone else chime in about Vit E drops?

[seanrez]

Hey guys,

I've had pretty awesome success with coconut oil. I've actually never had anything work this well, and I've tried many things. I just rub a little virgin coconut oil underneath my eyes and within an hour or so, it seeps in and starts providing relief. I've noticed a little blurriness from this but IMHO it's worth it. I've never tried castor oil but I'd like to try it now, since it seems to be working for you.

A little about me: I've had dry eyes for 12 years since I took Accutane in high school. I'm taking Restasis (which works a little), and I have my lower tear ducts plugged (which works pretty well).

All the best,
Sean

[ldq1997]

Castor Oil

Castor oil is cytotoxic to the Eye They have determined this in clinical trials. It gives problems to mucous membranes which is the tissues of the Eyeball.

Why do you think they use it as a Laxative because it irritates the mucous linings of the large intestine.

Try olive, Coconut, Palm, Canola or Corn oil on for size.

Exactly what kind of castor oil was used? Was it raw castor oil from a health food store or was it laxative castor oil from a drug store? Castor oil is often an ingredient in eye drops for dry eyes. It is difficult to believe that it is actually harmful.