The absolute reason should not rub eyes

Besides making you older, eye rubs can scratch the cornea and damage your eyesight.

Many people have a habit of rubbing their eyes to feel better. However, according to experts, this action leads to more harm than benefits. In particular, it also causes the risk of vision loss and makes you old before your age.

Rubbing your eyes too hard and often will damage your eyes and related structures.(Photo: MH).

Sharing with Men's Health, Dr. Anupama B. Horne, head of Ophthalmology at the Duke Center (USA), says we can easily rub our eyes when itching or stress."Remove eye irritation of the lacrimal glands, create moisture for dry, tired eyes and remove foreign objects. It also leads to heart-eye reflex, which means pressure on the eyeball so that the heart beats slowly, from That reduces stress, " explained Dr Horne.

However, rubbing your eyes too hard and often damaging your eyes and related structures . If dust, eyelashes or other objects are on the surface of the eye, the action will cause the cornea to scratch . You will feel pain, irritation because something stuck in your eyes does not come out and constantly tears, red eyes, sensitivity to light. Not to mention, eye white is easily red due to rupture of blood vessels and skin around the dark. The result, you will look emaciated, old.

More dangerous, in some patients, excessive eye rubbing can lead to Keratoconus in which the cornea is thinned and deformed. At this time, visual acuity is markedly reduced and patients will need surgery.

Ideally, to protect your eyes, use eye drops instead of rubbing . If you want to reduce stress, try breathing each breath deeply.