Yes, eye rubbing is bad (probably)

Mavris, N., Lavy, I., Ambrósio Jr., R., & Smadja, D. (2026). Unilateral corneal ectasia following trigeminal schwannoma resection with chronic neurogenic eye rubbing. American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 43, 102623. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2026.102623 I had always heard about how eye rubbing contributed to keratoconus. To be honest, I never looked into why. This case is interesting in that this patient developed keratoconus unilaterally after trigeminal nerve surgery because the patient rubbed their eye for ten years and developed unilateral keratoconus. Eye rubbing is strongly implicated in KC pathogenesis and progression, contributing to corneal weakening through repetitive microtrauma, keratocyte injury, transient intraocular pressure spikes, and altered inflammatory and proteolytic signaling There are a lot of potential issues with the assumptions that were made with this case. The number one was there was no data for 10 years. It is altogether possible that eye…