Eye Rubbing is believed to have a significant affect on the development of Keratoconus. This YouTube clip is interesting in that it suggests that adults need to avoid eye rubbing just as much as children.
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Interestingly, in the more than 30 years since my keratoconus was first diagnosed, it’s only in the last 5 years that I’ve heard anything about eye-rubbing being in any way related to keratoconus/progression. Given that at 1 in 2,000 people, keratonconus is much less rare than I’d thought earlier in my life, shouldn’t there be more promotion of eye-rubbing being a bad thing?