If you take viseen, it just a vasoconstrictor, it shrinks the blood vessels on your eye. So they don't look as red. That's what viseen is doing to people's eyes or clear eyes. It hides the redness, but doesn't actually treat the problem. And then what ends up happening is your eye gets addicted to it. Once you stop taking it, the blood vessels aren't shrunken down anymore. They kind of dilate up really, really big and then your eyes look super red. But in general, treat it like a special occasion type of facial constrictor. I hear you can use it on zits though
75% of adult Americans have wonky vision of some kind, your host included. Longtime pal and real-life eye surgeon, Dr. Reid Wainess answers all the questions that you never bring up during appointments. He and Alie chat about how eyes are just little cameras in your skull, glasses vs. contacts, Lasik, why we cry, some boggling ER stories, how marijuana effects eyeballs, floaters, cataracts, eye color, dogs in goggles and more. Also: what happens if you choke under pressure and pick the wrong options in an eye exam? HOW SCREWED ARE YOU?
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