Indisputable Proof about the Effects of Eye Rubbing on the Cornea, the Lens and the Globe | Biomedgrid

As we herald the beginning of the new decade, we welcome a lot of innovations in the field of ophthalmology, especially the dawn of digitalization in the healthcare industry. And it is through one of these dynamic technologies, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, which saw prominence during the last two decades, that the myth about eye rubbing not influencing the development of keratoconus has been completely demystified and debunked. Dr. Damien Gatinel, Dr. Giullaume Debellumaniere and Dr. Julian Savatovsky of the Rothschild Foundation Hospital in France showed in You Tube in November 10, 2019 the actual footage of a healthy volunteer rubbing his eye while explicit digital images were being taken and recorded using MRI https://youtu.be/tM4z3MYZeNK.