Cornea

Aajonus described several mechanisms through which the cornea becomes scarred. The most dramatic in his own life was chemical: when cancer involving his nose was dissolving, the acidic compounds produced by the dissolving tumor reached his eye during a single night and burned the cornea severely. He stated that this produced a minimum of eight layers of scar tissue, leaving him blind in that eye. He described the event as occurring over just a few hours in one night, emphasizing how rapidly and catastrophically caustic discharge from tumor dissolution can damage the cornea.

He also described a case in which a person put lime juice into an inflamed eye during what he called an extreme eye infection, resulting in blurred vision and what he assessed as corneal scarring, estimating that the person probably had only one layer of scar tissue remaining. His interpretation was that the lime juice itself caused the scarring damage, not the underlying infection.

A third pathway he described was laser eye surgery followed by antibiotic use. He stated that antibiotics destroy bacteria in the eye that are needed for proper healing and that this destruction causes keloid tissue to form rather than clean repair, resulting in corneal warping. He explained that the cornea warps either by flattening or by extending outward depending on whether the person is nearsighted or farsighted, and that roughly 90% of people who have laser surgery experience difficulty for this reason.

He also described an interpretive framework in which the cornea becomes scarred or damaged as a result of the body actively working to push toxicity out through the eye. He stated in a Q and A response that a person losing eyesight and experiencing distress about it appeared to be detoxifying through the cornea, framing this as a body process rather than a disease event.

Aajonus's personal case of eight layers of corneal scar tissue is one of the most detailed examples in his source material. The scarring occurred as a direct result of acidic compounds from his tumor dissolution burning his eye, leaving him blind in the affected eye. The optometrist he consulted told him he would require a cornea transplant and that this was the only way he would ever see out of that eye again.

Over the following seven years, without surgery, Aajonus applied egg white in the morning and raw butter at night consistently to that eye. After seven years, when he went to have his driver's license test, he was able to read the vision chart with that eye. When he returned to the same optometrist, she found that only one layer of scar tissue remained. He had gone from eight layers of scar tissue and complete blindness in that eye to one remaining layer and functional vision of 20/40, starting from 20/180 one year after the injury.

He published this outcome in We Want to Live, where he wrote that the vision improved to 20/40 almost eight years after the original injury, confirmed by eye examination, with only one layer of scar remaining. He used this case both as a demonstration of what raw nutrition and topical application could do and as evidence that his broader claim was correct: that the body always gains more than it loses during a detoxification.

Egg white applied directly into the eye was Aajonus's primary topical intervention for the cornea. He described it as having chemistry very similar to natural tears but with higher protein content, which he said allows it to feed and strengthen the eye. His stated mechanism was that egg white, being mostly protein, strengthens the eye for the day against pollution.

His application method was consistent across multiple sources. The person pulls the lower eyelid downward, looks upward, and rubs the egg white along the inner surface of the lower lid. They then roll the eye around to coat the entire surface. He described the absorption time as approximately three minutes, after which the fog over the eyes clears. He said a person experiences blurred or foggy vision for about two minutes after application of egg white, compared to approximately 30 minutes for butter.

He recommended egg white in the morning as the standard timing. In terms of frequency, he said it can be done as many times daily as the person wishes. In one workshop, he described his own method of using an eye dropper to place two drops in each eye, rolling the eye around for about a minute per eye, and then leaving it to absorb completely. He used a damp cloth to remove any residue from the eyelashes, which he noted would dry and appear flaky.

He addressed the use of egg white for conjunctivitis specifically, explaining that conjunctivitis means the cornea has been damaged in some way and that the body is working directly on the cornea to clear out toxicity that has gotten into it. In that context, he stated that egg white corrects this condition.

He cautioned against putting eggs that have been fermented or are high-bacteria directly in the eye, distinguishing between eating high-egg ferments and using egg white as a topical. He said the eye does not need that level of bacterial activity.

One person reported finding that egg white dried out their eye and did not help their situation of having no tearing with a totally scarred cornea. Aajonus's guidance in that Q and A was to use raw butter instead, describing it as working better than egg white for that situation.

Raw butter applied at night was Aajonus's complementary corneal protocol. He described butter as soothing and strengthening the eye in a different way than egg white, characterizing egg white as strengthening and butter as cleansing. He stated explicitly that butter works a little bit better than egg white for healing the cornea and improving vision overall.

His application method for butter was to melt a small dab of butter in the palm of the hand, then apply it in the same manner as egg white: pull the lower eyelid down, rub the butter along the inner surface of the lower lid, and roll the eye around. Because butter produces approximately 30 minutes of foggy vision rather than two minutes, he consistently recommended doing this right before sleep. He stated people should be already in bed before applying butter to the eye.

He specified that sheep's butter is slightly more effective than cow's butter for this purpose, though cow's butter was still beneficial. He recommended egg white in the morning and butter at night as the standard protocol, or alternating days between the two. He also said a person could choose to alternate days.

One variation he mentioned was adding a drop of pineapple juice to a small amount of butter to help rework the cornea, specifically in the context of reshaping a warped cornea in nearsighted or farsighted individuals.

He provided a long-term outcome example: people with very thick corrective lenses who applied egg white daily and butter twice per week moved from very thick glasses to very thin glasses over a five-year period.

He also cautioned about butter freshness in the context of eye application. If butter is left out and has become more acidic from bacterial pre-digestion, he said this would be problematic especially for people without good tear production, as the acidity would cause problems in an eye without adequate tear protection. He recommended using fresher butter for eye application.

Aajonus specified which parts of the eye these topical applications can realistically affect. He said that egg white applied to the eye addresses the cornea, the iris, and the sclera. He stated explicitly that the retina is very deep and that these topical applications are mainly reaching the surface structures. The implication was that conditions affecting the retina would require systemic nutritional support rather than topical eye protocols alone.

In a Q and A exchange, a person described having no tearing and a totally scarred-over cornea. They reported using urine as a substitute for tears, using egg white (which they found dried the eye), then switching to an oil and herb product that worked for two years, then switching to cold-pressed virgin coconut oil. They reported that the coconut oil was working better than the previous options, that the eye felt good, that they no longer needed a white cane all the time, and that a friend noted the eye looked less red. They continued to use urine later in the day to help clear out the eye.

Aajonus's response in that same thread did not challenge the coconut oil use but offered the raw butter protocol as what he considered the best available option, describing it as working better than egg white and noting that hundreds of people had used it with good results.

Aajonus addressed the interaction between laser eye surgery and the cornea at some length. He described the procedure as unnaturally changing the shape of a weak or damaged cornea without improving the underlying eye health that caused the cornea to misshape in the first place. He stated that in people on a very poor diet, warped corneas will warp again within five years in 90% of cases, and that in many situations the surgery can only be performed once in a lifetime.

For people who do choose laser surgery while on a good raw diet, he said they heal approximately three times faster and can have their eyes completely healed and tolerate sun exposure within ten days. His specific caution was to refuse antibiotics and refuse antibiotic eye drops, because antibiotics destroy the bacteria necessary for proper healing and produce keloid tissue instead of clean repair. He attributed roughly 90% of laser surgery complications to antibiotic use.

He described the Primal Diet as a support for corneal reshaping without surgery, stating that being on the diet long enough and consistently applying egg white daily, and sometimes a small amount of butter with a drop of pineapple juice, can rework the cornea over years. He cited two people he had recommended laser surgery to, one in 1994 and one in 1989, who still had excellent vision years later with no glasses or contacts.

Aajonus described cataracts as the collection of organic waste clouding the cornea and/or the crystalline lens of the eye. He associated cataracts primarily with hyperactive individuals who maintain high adrenaline levels and constantly exhaust blood and body fat reserves, or with diabetics experiencing improperly assimilated sugars and the effects of medicinal insulin. He stated that most blindness results from cataracts.

He recommended using egg white in the eye alternated with other approaches for cataracts. He cautioned that if cataracts are removed surgically, there is a high risk of causing scarring that will further diminish the eye's ability to cleanse itself. Once cleansing begins through nutritional support, he indicated the process should be supported rather than interrupted with surgery.

He also noted olive oil as something he recommended for cataracts when asked directly whether to continue using it.

While egg white and butter were his topical corneal protocols, Aajonus also addressed the systemic nutritional support for the eye and found that red meat, not fish or fowl, was the most effective for eye strength and vision. He stated that this was counterintuitive given that the eye contains more nerve tissue than almost any other structure except the brain, and that fish and fowl generally regenerate neurological tissue faster than red meats. However, in his observations and experiments with people who had blurry vision and eye problems, red meat consistently provided greater benefit to the eye than white meats.

He recommended eating at least four ounces of red meat daily to maintain eye muscles. He mentioned steak tartare with egg yolk as a good specific preparation for eye health. He noted that eating substantial protein, specifically meat and beef, could restore blurred vision within approximately one hour in situations where the blurring was coming from protein deficiency rather than structural damage.

Aajonus used his own experience as a cautionary example about the hazard to the cornea during active dissolution of tumors. When cancer was dissolving in his nose and face, the acidic discharge compounds reached his eye during sleep and caused catastrophic corneal scarring in a matter of hours. He stated that this illustrates why people undergoing tumor dissolution must have adequate nutrients and must protect themselves from the fluids that discharge, particularly around the eyes. He framed this not as an argument against allowing the body to dissolve tumors but as a warning about managing the process and not being nutrient-depleted during it.

Aajonus's framework included the understanding that the body uses the cornea as one pathway for discharging toxicity. He described situations where the eye is detoxifying as ones in which the body is actively working on the corneal tissue, which may present as redness, irritation, blurred vision, or other symptoms that look like disease. His recommended support in these situations was the raw butter application rather than alarm or medical intervention. He stated in his Q and A response that he found butter worked better than egg white for active corneal detoxification scenarios.

He also noted that white cream or white discharge coming out of the eyes indicates heavy detoxification of the brain, which he distinguished from standard corneal detoxification.

While Aajonus's iridological practice focused on the iris rather than the cornea itself, he described the overall eye, including all its layers, as a diagnostic map. He photographed the eye and enlarged the images to examine scar tissue and toxic accumulations. He mentioned being able to see his own remaining corneal scar tissue in enlarged photographs of his own eye, and described planning to accelerate its breakdown by consistently following his own protocols.

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