Optometrist Dr. Bridget Anderson joins The Doctors to weigh in on the TikTok trend of eye fishing or mucus fishing. She shares there’s a condition where the eye produces excess mucus and a person will ...

Hopefully you’ve had the foresight to avoid this one. “Mucus fishing” is the latest gross-out TikTok trend, in which users force out gunk from their irritated eyes using Q-tips and their own fingers ...

Your eye mucus may not be the most appealing thing for the person in front of you, but it plays a crucial role in your eye health. Most of us may have pulled out that sticky, stringy ‘gunk’ in the ...

Pulling out eye mucus, a habit known as mucus fishing, can cause more harm than good. This seemingly harmless act can irritate the eye's surface, disrupt the tear film, and lead to increased mucus ...