After I shared this remarkable success rate with a colleague, he decided to test it and recently shared with me that:
“Ok so 1.5 weeks of ocular DMSO each day. My floaters are almost completely transparent and don’t block my vision anymore.
Likewise, to quote a DMSO using colleague:
“In one of the ladies in my trial for cataracts, while it’s too soon to say for that, her floaters that were present have completely vanished. So far, we are definitely seeing the greatest response to floaters.”
Note: I also received one report of DMSO being used for a vitreous detachment (after which there were less floaters and flashes, and the field of vision became much clearer).
Likewise, numerous readers have reported success treating cataracts with DMSO,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83 including in dogs,84,85 with reports including: “[4 months of DMSO] saved my husband from cataract surgery.”
“I have a diabetic dog that went blind from cataracts and have been giving him DMSO eye drops and it has cleared most of his eyes up and he can see again!”
“My January eye checkup showed cataracts, early stage glaucoma and peripheral vision loss. Monday’s (July) follow up all in normal ranges! She said keep doing what I’m doing.”
“I have been using DMSO eye drops for cataracts for several months and have seen a noticeable improvement in my vision.”
However, unlike floaters, I’ve noticed that about half of the readers report DMSO not improving their cataracts — which is likely due to how it’s applied, what DMSO is combined with, and the type of cataract present.
Note: Many DMSO users also report their eyes being much clearer and sharper — something I suspect results from DMSO removing opacities throughout the eyes which obstruct vision.
Focusing
“I used DMSO cream on my jawline at night and noticed my eyesight was noticeably better the next day. I kept using it daily and completely eliminated my eyeglasses — I’d worn them for 25 years. I no longer need glasses for reading OR driving.”
Many readers shared that after taking DMSO, their vision initially seemed worse — only to discover their eyes’ focusing ability had sharply improved, making their old prescription too strong, leading to them switching to weaker lenses or ditching glasses entirely. For example:
“I’ve always been near-sighted and was starting to need bifocals. One day I couldn’t see clearly through my reading glasses and thought my eyes were getting worse. Took them off — could suddenly read the smallest print perfectly. I’m 60 and have never needed reading glasses since.”
“My husband’s eyesight was deteriorating fast — he’s 43 and already in bifocals. I was putting DMSO on his ingrown toenail 3x/day. In two weeks his eyes healed so much he only needs glasses for very close work now.”
“After reading the EENT article and successfully using DMSO to treat my patients, I noticed ghosting in my right eye. Put 2 DMSO drops in the affected eye before bed. Woke up — completely corrected. Still my go-to if anything feels off.”
“Near-sighted since teens (L -2.25, R -1.5), stable since early 20s. Used DMSO on my face on/off for 6 to 8 months. Contacts started irritating, went in expecting stronger Rx.
New Rx: L -1.5, R -1.25.
Optometrist was surprised!”
“Just had my annual eye exam. For the first time since I was a kid, my astigmatism is gone. Distance is 20/20 one eye, better than 20/20 the other. Happened really fast after starting DMSO — I was shocked.”
“My friend no longer needs her glasses to read texts on her phone after putting DMSO on her eyelids each night.”
Note: Many more readers have also reported improvements in focus.
Additionally in most cases, I noticed the focusing issue that improved was nearsightedness and then discovered the German DMSO community had made the same observation.
Since nearsightedness results from the eye becoming longer and narrower, this suggests DMSO (a muscle relaxant) relaxes the muscle responsible for that motion (the ciliary muscle located at the front of the eye), and that our tendency to stare at screens all the time locks the muscle into a chronic state of tension.
Separately, DMSO’s ability to reduce fluid congestion within the eye (which lengthens and narrows the eye) may also play a role in DMSO’s ability to restore normal focusing, as does DMSO’s ability to loosen the fibrosis at the back of the eye, which locks in this near-sighted state (which, like its muscle relaxing properties, may explain why DMSO works so well with eye exercises).
Conclusion
DMSO’s ability to heal every single part of the eye (particularly the retina and optic nerve) is extraordinary. It has made me realize many eye conditions we are trained in medical school to view as largely incurable in reality have simple, gentle, and widely available options which can allow us to adapt to the incredible strain the modern electronic-focused world places upon the eyes.
I never expected to see blind eyes open again, floaters vanish in weeks, or 60-year-olds ditch bifocals they’d worn since childhood. Yet that’s exactly what readers keep reporting to me — hundreds of times now. It is astounding that simple knowledge like this, backed by decades of clinical use and thousands of suppressed studies, could be lost for two generations. But what’s even more incredible is that we are now in the one narrow window where it can suddenly sprout from the ashes.
The decades of dedicated research by the DMSO pioneers aren’t gathering dust anymore. They’re saving sight, one reader at a time. And nothing the authorities did in the 1960s can stop what’s happening right now.
Author’s Note: This is an abridged version of
a longer article that discusses the evidence presented here in more detail along with how DMSO can be used with natural therapies to treat the conditions discussed in this article (e.g., floaters, cataracts, and nearsightedness) along with a variety of other eye disorders (e.g., macular degeneration, dry eyes, and chronic eye strain). That article, along with additional links and references, can be read here.
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