Thanks Doc. I really appreciate you having the courage to mention urine. Once in my teens ,when traveling with my family, I got a very severe case of conjunctivitis. An older local 'wise woman' whom my mum's friend knew recommended the remedy of my own urine, under some notion that it could 'burn' out the infection. My mum thought it was brilliant (???). I thought they had all lost it and absolutely refused! I don't recall being taken to the hospital clinic, but i must have been because it cleared up in a week or so and I do recall medicine from a tube having to be put in my eye regularly. Even now I can't imagine what came over my mum who was normally so sensible!
Speaking of colored contacts... I like your deep brown eye color. Makes your eyes look larger. I used to wear black circle lens before I knew how bad it was for your eyes... because I like that deep black iris color look. I have one brown eye and one hazel brown eye, but they are lighter brown color compared to most Asians.
I don’t know what I was expecting but urine was not one of them😂 love your vids! I just finished anatomy 1 and the eye was so interesting to me! Never thought i’d enjoy it as much as I did.
Ummmmmm.... I had NO IDEA THAT URINE IN THE EYE WAS SO DANGEROUS! I will be honest, I was told by a friend that you use your OWN urine!!!! My goodness! Again, I'm so so glad to have found you! The things we consider when we don't have a knowledgeable medical person to slap some sense into us! lol! Thanks for your expertise!
There are a few sunscreens that are non-migratory. I hate when sunscreen gets in my eyes! I use Skinceuticals and EltaMD and both are great and don't drip in to your eyes. Also, Super goop makes this really cool eye shadow cream which is actually just tinted sunscreen. I did a video on it, but never posted it. Figured I'd wait until summer to post it.
new subbie and i'm almost obsessed with your channel already. how have I never found you yet? now it makes sense why tap water really really irritates my eyes!
Hi Dr Rupa, great video information.. thank you! I have a question.. I am very cautious about laser resurfacing around the eye (droopy eye lifting), could you make a video to dig into more details about this topic.. How safe is the fraxel laser (any other types of laser) to treat wrinkles around the eyes?
what are some eye drops you suggest to maintain salinity? I am not familiar with any eye drops/medications, but would greatly appreciate some background on where to start!
Great question, Teri! I will work on a video to answer your question thoroughly. Usually, though, it is treated with eye drops and antibiotics. Thanks for your comment.
@@DrRupaWong Thanks so much! I had the afternoon off so I binged on your videos. I love your thoroughness - Be careful with wood eyeliner pencils - they can scratch. Don't wear magnetic lashes in an MRI. - Things most people wouldn't think of. 😊
@@DrRupaWong I went for an eye check and the ophthalmologist said my meibomian glands is producing oil but the oil is clumping/solidifying on my lids and not flowing down. He suggested I put something over my eyes each night to help with this situation. I asked if i could just cup my palms over my eyes to warm it up but he said no. It needs to be as hot as long as i can tolerate it, citing some of his patients actually iron a piece of cloth and place it over their eye. So i have been doing it for a month now but when I watched your video and you mentioned not to put anything hot near the eye...i had to ask you if it's ok for me to put the warm/hot compress over my eye for a long period of time. Hope to hear your kind reply.
I know this is old but about the heated tools: I usually run my eyelash curler under warm (but not hot) water and dry it off before I use it, in your opinion is this safe?
Whats a good way to get rid of conjunctivitis ? Mine seems to run in streaks. I won't have it for ages, then it comes back. I feel like reading for long periods can make it flair up?🤔
Hi Aravind! There is not a need to use coconut oil as an eye drop. I discuss coconut oil in the eye in this video - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-F_VQTN_HZO0.html start watching around five minutes.
I kind of feel sorry for some of the people who follow religion/ritual over science and damage themselves. I’m glad you can at least educate those who stumble across your videos.
That actually happened to me when I was about 15 years old but I did not let my friend wear my contact lenses she stole my contacts and I didn't know that she had wore them and I got this really nasty almost blinding and infection. I'm in Chicago so I had to go to "the eye ears nose and throat clinic" and I ended up having to have surgery and I was out of school for almost a year and a half and the pain after the surgery was so excruciating...... and then I ended up having to go back for a follow up it was just terrible. So the friend wore my contacts she did not tell me and she did not change the solution, she put the contacts back in the same solution and I did not know and I ended up taking the contacts out and I put them in my eyes because she ended up slipping the contacts back in my drawer where I kept all my personal stuff in my room and so I ended up putting the contacts back in my eyes and I say maybe a week after that my eye started itching really bad and then it got really pink and then my my grandma took me to the doctor and our family doctor you thought it was just the pink eye and like two weeks after that my whole eye flipped inside out it was pus it was just nasty it looked like something from a horror movie. I had to get surgery, I was really scared because one of the the optometrist told me that my eye wouldn't fully heal for maybe two and a half years and to be careful. I had to go to optometrist for at least 5 years straight after that and she was telling me after my eye healed to just cleanse it with baby shampoo, but yeah it is terrible like really listen to this doctor because she knows exactly what she's talking about, people wearing your contacts whether you give them permission or not is dangerous you can catch AIDS, you can catch hepatitis, you can catch all type of diseases and luckily for me I did not contract any disease.... I did have a really really bad infection but you know it could have went worse than that you know you can probably lose your life you know if your body can't fight off the infection, luckily mines was able to fight off the infection with the surgery and antibiotics that I was on for almost a year and a half. So yeah it's scary and people are not your friends if they steal your stuff from you especially stealing personal items like that and then not letting you know and putting them back like she could have caused me to be blind, but I'm not blind I'm very blessed that I'm not!
What an absolutely terrifying situation. I can't believe that happened to you - I'm so sorry. But, extremely thankful that your eye recovered. That was extremely dangerous for her to and I hope she knows better now. Thank you for sharing your story - I know it will help many!
Do not open your eyes directly under the stream of water. If you are washing you hair either tilt your head back so the water runs down the back of your head or if you like tilting your head forward, close your eyes.
Ma'am I am reshma and i am from india. I am suffering from strabismus since childhood and i have been to So many hospitals in india but everyone says that ur squint cannot be corrected as it is a birth squint. Dr is there any cure for my condition.
Of course as in when you wash your face-just keep your eyes closed. However, you'll notice whenever water does get in your eyes it irritates a bit. If it irritiates too much just put some nat tears or saline eye drops in your eyes. You can also easily get these amazing wipe especialy made for cleaning around the lashes and lids. They help alot. I use them regularly. You can get them on amazon or at the pharmacists
Dr. Roopa mam so informative ❤️... But I used castor oil into my eyes (one drop on each) and it ended up burning, paining and so irritating my eyes.. I thought I'm gonna lost my vision lol.. but it got better after few minutes.. sooo is this common or should I stop using this?
@@bnice2all thanks 4 d explanation ♥️😍 you're right 💯.. after that happened I bought another brand and I turned out sooo good.. I feel so much better after using that.. no burning no irritation.. like u said we've to look for a good brand💞tqq🤞
You can't be serious!?!? 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨 I would never do any of these things in a million yrs. What I do wish to know is what home remedies can eliminate dark circles 🦝🐼 I heard coffee, potato juice, turmeric, and curd which I guess is yogurt. Pls do a vid on the safest most effective remedies outside of a green tea bag to get rid of raccoon circles under the eyes.
I love turmeric (I'm Indian) and curd too. I've never considered using those, but I'm happy to research! And, yes unfortunately, every one of those I mentioned, I've seen a patient do (except for the urine that was from my friend who is an ophthalmologist in Miami)
@@DrRupaWong Thanks a mil and thanks for responding back Oh silly humans 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ ppl doing such absurd things, like those vids showing ppl at their “best and brightest” is more entertaining and funny than anything on TV!! I've been using turmeric and ginger root in my tea concoction (along with ascorbic acid, lemon, honey, whisky or brandy, and echinacea tea) to build up my immunity. But it was this village cooking channel that got me using turmeric powder on EVERYTHING!!
