Studies have shown that red onions contain antioxidant compounds of interest for nutrition, such as quercetin. But eating onions is one thing, and placing them on your eyelids hoping they’ll make a cataract disappear is quite another.
According to eye care specialists, there is no solid clinical evidence that onions restore the lens’s transparency to cataracts. And here’s the most important point: sometimes momentary relief is deceiving. You might feel like you see “a little better” for a few minutes, but that doesn’t mean the cataract has disappeared.
And we still need to understand what really happens when the onion touches your eyes so closely.
What really happens when you put onions near your eyes?
Suggested image: visual comparison between an eye with clear vision and one with opacity, inspired by the reference material.
Image caption: The difference may feel huge, but the real solution doesn’t come from irritating the surface of the eye.
