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Has anyone tried castor oil for dry eyes? I have read and heard so many positive things about it and it has really helped some people with dry eyes, red eyes ect ect,,,, i have dry eyes and have tried lots of drops that the doctors gave me and none helped and some even caused the delicate skin aroud my eyes burn and sting. I am thinking of trying castor oil as its natural too!.
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jean11845 susie7777
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Thanks Jean
semih25412 susie7777
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She started using pure cold press organic castor oil for 10 days and the effect is very positive. Thank you jean luc10686.
NotSupersizeMe susie7777
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Travis_77 susie7777
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I use a cold pressed light colored castor oil, but I have a specific routine that works, as I wear contact lenses and take antihistamines and my meibomian glands tend to get clogged otherwise and dry eyes.
Firstly I had to swap to daily wear contacts - I don't think other types would play well with my routine.
At night, when I take out my contacts, every other day, first I put in eye drops and wait awhile, then later on, like in a half hour I put in eye drops again, to saturate my eye before adding one drop of castor oil in each eye with a dropper bottle. After adding the castor oil I blink hard and close my eyes and blot with a kleenex several times to remove the lion's share of the castor oil - my particular method makes sure I get good coverage, but not to much overall absorbtion. Later I blot them again. I can only do this every other night because if I do it every day my eyes start feeling strained. Before I put in my contacts the next morning I use some Dr Fisher's eye wipes on the eyelids and lid margins and apply eye drops to remove any lasting castor oil residue. I use my contact friendly eye drops throughout the day as needed. The castor oil is an important part of this routine, even every other day it makes an enormous impact.