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Can castor oil really help improve vision, boost hair growth and reduce wrinkles?
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Social media proponents claim it can do all of these and more, but are all those TikTok videos true? Here’s a closer look.

But no high-quality evidence suggests that castor oil can improve eye health, and especially not in terms of reversing cataracts or boosting vision, said Dr Yvonne Ou, an ophthalmologist at UCSF Health.

And if the oil is not sterile, getting it in your eyes can increase the risk of an infection, she said, which in turn can lead to a corneal ulcer or even blindness.

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