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A 36-year-old member asked:
can excessive masturbation causes loss of eye sight leading to blindness?
4 doctor answers • 10 doctors weighed in
Dr. Albert Pizzo answered
Family Medicine 60 years experience
Masturbation-blind: No. This is a myth that many young people believe is true. Masturbation is normal and does not cause any risk to health.
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Dr. Andrew Shatz answered
Ophthalmology 26 years experience
Not at all: Neither will it cause hair to grow on your palms! this old wives tale was used to help parents scare their children out of performing this act.
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Dr. David Speck answered
Ophthalmology 42 years experience
No.: In a word, no! no more than it will make hair grow on the palms of your hands. One of those hoary old wives tales meant to scare kids.
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Dr. Richard Bensinger answered
Ophthalmology 52 years experience
No: This is a classic "old wives tale" which dates from the victorian era when masturbation was associated with a variety of evils. This was intended to stop the practice which we now know is benign.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Can excessive masturbation cause loss of eye sight leading to blindness?
1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Richard Bensinger answered
Ophthalmology 52 years experience
No: This is an "old wives tale" which comes up from time to time. There is no relationship between mastubation and eye sight level.
4829 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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