Dry eyes are often caused by insulin resistance. Many people who have dry eye have said it went away completely with a lower carb diet. From my experience, a few days after I stop eating sugar the dry eye goes away. If I start eating sugar again, it comes back, sometimes right away, sometimes a couple days later.
I wish that worked here. I’m on a zero carb diet. Maybe, it is my insulin. I have sugar crashes after eating protein with not enough fat. Laura, you have a really good point here! I’m going to start testing my ketosis & insulin levels. Thanks! 💕
Agreed. Aso Menopause can trigger it but usually the person is either insulin resistant or sensitive. I developed it when I was at my highest weight and insulin resistant. Right after Christmas my eyes started bothering me. I did not identify it fast enough and my eyesight went from better than normal to needing reading glasses and periods of blurry for no reason I knew of. I have found lately that colloidal silver dropped in my eyes twice a day and organic tears has really helped. I saw the video of bacteria building up under the lashes. Also I stopped wearing mascara and I had a bad habit of not removing it before bed sometimes because I thought I had a really good waterproof non flaking mascara and my sensitive eyes did not like the removal. That was real bad and caused lots of flakes to build up in m,y eyes I think. I used an organic honey rubbed along the rims of my eyes to take care of that and benefited from the antibacterial compounds and vitamins in it and my vision clears perfectly however I do not like to use that but once a month. Just some organic and manageable ideas for those who do not do well with other products.
wow, thanks Doc, started with the tooth brush, after 1 good sneeze, I turn it around and get the vibration from the base of the brush it is gentler....after a week I can walk outside on a windy day and not tear up. my eyes were less crusty in the morning, and nasal passages are less dry, and the kicker snoring has reduced seriously.....Bravo for this info
OH MY GOD! Just did 30 seconds with my electric toothbrush on 5/16/23. BOTH eyes started tearing a lot with doing it on just one side for 30 seconds. Thoroughly unpleasant reaction with sneezing etc. but I will get back in 2 weeks. THANKYOU!!!!!!!!! PS: It's been just a little while and my eyes are not burning as much as before the treatment. Interesting.
I’m glad that I watched the whole video. It sounds like you shared a very helpful technique for some people, but risking a migraine knocks me out of the game. Thanks for all you do, Doc. You’re a blessing.
I have used my electric toothbrush for years to encourage sinus drainage when my head gets stuffed up. You just have to experiment on various placements of the vibrations, but it acts like a mini-jack hammer to liquefy mucus to promote drainage thereby inhibiting the growth of bacteria that could cause sinusitis. I have NEVER had a sinus infection since I started using this.
Thank you so much for this information. It worked and I felt so good yesterday after doing this with my sonic tooth brush for 30 sec on either side. It was a bit of torture as you showed in the video but worth it. My eyes felt normal whole day yesterday and I did not have the burning sensation . I did my heat treatment with Aroma season and then did the tooth brush treatment.
Amazing to find this. So tired of drops and warm cloths my Dr explained. Going to try this soon. Thanks so much. I’m 63, hopefully it works for any age with dry eyes.
A rare symptom of MS, according to what I read years ago, is that it can affect the tear production nerve. Now, age also added to it. Allergies to the preservatives in any type of eye drops make it impossible to use any of them. Also, no iTear in the EU. This vid has been a life saver and luckily, I don't sneeze from it. The difference was very noticeable after day 1 even. Thanks so much!!
Thank you for this fascinating information! Some 25 years ago when my father was studying to be an optometrist, he came home one day with "new information" about that nerve specifically. None of us really suffered from dry eye at the time - but he learned in class that if you scrunch your nose up and pinch your eye-brows you can also gently stimulate this nerve. This may be old information now - but if we needed to sneeze, or tear up or anything like that, we'd hold that pinch for a while and it worked like a charm every time. Suffering from dry-eyes as an older adult now, that gentle stimulation doesn't do "enough" to make an effective difference, so I use a gel based eye-drop, (I also have other underlying medical causes) but I know that - that gentle stimulation always made a small difference, so I'm going to talk to my eye doctor about those types of devices and maybe find a similar solution! I'm really thankful for your video!
Whoa. That's crazy that it worked. I would have a hard time with a vibrating sensation on my nose and not sneezing or it tickling too much. Super interesting and good info! Thanks for all your awesome videos!
I've been doing this for years, though not routinely every day. I use a $10 handheld massager and hold it over these areas of my nose, higher against the bone of my nose, my forehead, eyebrow ridge, and cheek bones. I tried it randomly to relieve sinus problems such as not being able to breathe through my nose when I lay down. While I didn't notice much tearing (maybe there's something wrong with me) I sneezed similar to you, and it feels like I "got everything out" and I'm able to breathe comfortably again. My sinus even feels clear enough that I can sneeze with my mouth closed without discomfort. Although I haven't done it routinely, I haven't had any ill effects. If you decide to try it, go at your own comfort level.
Absolutely bizarre but I'm in such desperate straits with my MGD that I will try just about anything. The Schirmer results are remarkable, thanks for sharing
I have the iTear 100 devise and like it. I reacted like you did for the first week then it tapers off dramatically to very little tickling now and no sneezing for me. I was in a trial for it 2 years ago and when they took it away from me I cried!! I tried everything to mimic it including the tooth brush and just could not get it to do the same. I use it 2x everyday and enjoy it. Not sure how much it helps because I do other treatments but I like doing things that do not involve always putting drops or things into my eyes because my eyes are so sensitive. IPL is still hands down the best thing I have done for my dry eye. Loved the video
Woah! Thanks for this comment! So good to hear from somebody that tried the itear100 and liked it. I was curious how it compared to a toothbrush, glad to hear you tried that as well. 😄
Many people have dry eyes because the tear ducts are clogged. What I do is pull the bottom lid down and wash the tear duct with my wash cloth. It works everytime.
How interesting. I tried it for a few seconds each side and it worked. There was a sneezy sensation as you say. However its not worse than the terrible tickly feelings I first experienced when cleaning my teeth with the sonic toothbrush the first few times.
I've had dry eyes for a couple years and I'm 68 years old. So it's worth a try with the toothbrush. But what I've been realizing is I'm thinking that my medication could be contributing to my dry skin dry hair and dry eyes! Yesterday I went to the store and I got me some Pedialyte hoping that it is an internal thing that can be remedied. I also haven't used the phone but for the last two or three years but I also believe there's a possibility that the phone is causing blue light blindness. Never had this problem before until I got this phone. I think that I'm going to have to get some kind of special covering for the phone because I believe the phone is hurting my eyes. I noticed that this doctor had very dark spots right in between the eyes, and that's what I have now that I've never had before and I believe that's the because of the blue light. I think we're going to see a lot of blind people walking around if we don't get a remedy for these phones! I'm trying not to use the phone at all as much as possible, but I've watched young people stay on these phones 24/7 and I am believing there's going to be repercussions because it is not good for the eyes!
I wash my eyes with warm water two to three times daily sometimes more and then I'm fine. If I forget, my eyes are burning, irritable, a lot of discomfort.
Use a heated .20 (20 secs full power) microwaved eye mask and place it over your eyes until it cools. Then press along your eyelash line through the mask. This will release the Meibomian Glands. Find an Opti-Therm mask on line.
I inhale black pepper dust! I think it stimulates the nerve too. I discovered that when I normally got pepper in my nose my eyes would water and I would sneeze. So when I can’t handle the super dry eyes…I just inhale my pepper dust! Also I have Trigeminal Neuralgia. Mostly on the right side and that is my driest eye.
it reminds me of Alice in Wonderland when Alice meets the Cook for the first time 😅, but what a clever idea of yours! I guess it can only be used in extreme situations as it is probably quite irritating to the nerve.
@@nct948 actually,I’d been doing this for some time…not bad. On my last dr visit, they gave me the sample nasal spray for stimulating tears. IT DOES THE SAME THING as pepper! 😂😂🤣. Made me sneeze and the whole dealie! You spray it on the trigeminal nerve inside the nose. Same reaction as pepper.
Thank you for this great video and for introducing me to this device and the mechanism behind it itself! Also thanks for your other videos, especially about dry eyes. I did some reserach on it too, and I found that this device oscilates at similar frequency to sonic toothbrushes. Producer's study says "...with a frequency of approxi-mately 220 to 270 Hz and an amplitude of roughly 0.5 to 1 mm". Sonic toothbrushes oscilate at 12000-24000 or even 40000 revolutions per MINUTE, and Hz is an unit second. So 12k/minute = 200Hz, 24k/minute = 400Hz, 40k/minute = 667Hz. In other words a toothbrush with oscilation between 13200 rev/min to 16200 rev/min is going to have the same frequency as itear100. I however don't think that those toothbrushes have a movement of 0.5 to 1mm - I think it's less than that, though it might also depend on brand, mode etc. On a side note I find odd that both frequency and movement aplitude seem to be rather unprecise. I'm not trying to be a smartass here, but I thought that huge difference with frequencies could discourage people from trying that method. So having that said, I'm trying this on myself too. I first tried regular electric toothbrush, but it's worse. It has lower frequency and moves more, so after a few days my nose bone started hurting a bit, and my skin got damaged a bit. I'm trying an oscilating toothbrush for 2 days now, and it stimulates this nerve way more than electric toothbrush - way more tears and eye redness :) I also tried to contact itear100 company saying that I'd like to buy it, but they haven't responded. Probably because I'm from Poland. Saddening but here I am. I watched some other video about that device, and it looks like they're selling it for $150 and then you have to pay $50 for a monthly "refill" as youtube lady said. I don't know itear100 company calls it a "refill" but if they do, then I dislike it on so many levels. A "refill" of an electronic device is called "charging" these days, and it doesn't cost $50/month. I understand the fact that it's a business to them and they had to invest money in research etc. I'd rather pay larger amount of money and have the device available for the rest of my life. That subscription model is unfortunately becoming a trend everywhere. So I'm planing to make my own nerve massager for my personal use, just out of curiosity to compare it with sonic toothbrush.
Thank you for the amazing comment. Also, thank you for the info with the frequency calculations, I must have over looked that. I will put that info in the description for sure. You are correct on the pricing of the itear100: $150 and $50 for a "refill". I put that on the screen in the video, but I'm wondering if that pricing will change later on... not sure. I'm curious to see how your nerve massager will work, definitely keep me posted. -Again, thanks for the awesome comment!
Very interesting, but I’m a bit lost with regards to terminology here. You said you first used a « regular electric toothbrush », with no success at all, and then an « oscillating toothbrush ». Aren’t those the same? I.e they differ from a sonic toothbrush, but how do they differ from one another?
This actually could help with my blocked inflamed nose now as my nasal blood gets cold the nasal holes gets tight and I can’t breathe and relying myself with decongestant sprays which is bad for overuse as it’s a blood thinner and dries up the nasal passages and can bleed Such a great idea thank you Doc! 😁
I'm sure you all will know why this happens and what this means, but my eye doc told me that typically the surface of the eyeball will dry out at 10 seconds with an open lid. Mine dries out after 3 seconds. I haven't found anything that helps; when I get up in the morning I can't even open my eyes until I have water to apply all over my eyes, lids, lashes etc. I really want to try this with the toothbrush! Maybe I'll try it for a few seconds as soon as I wake up and see if it helps and if so, I'll talk to my eye doc! I have hope, thank you! Cheers from Nova Scotia!
I had the same problem (for months and months and months). Doctors want to prescribe medications (I don't take anything synthetic). I began taking Lutein twice a day and also upped my fish oil intake. No more dry eye. Good luck!
The struggle is real. Mine dry out in 2 seconds. Tested recently again. I know that feeling when your eyelids can't even run smoothly over the eyes. It feels like there is a ton of sand in one's eyes 😢
I find the increase in basel tears pre treatment very interesting and encouraging. Even though the post rate drops over time the important basel rate shows a steady improvement over the month.
That was interesting to me too. It made sense though, because at first it was really intense. I had a lot more tearing and sneezing at first, and then it calmed down. But the basal tears continued to improve slightly.
My eyes are extremely dry to the point I wake up several times a night needing drops and don't want to use a prescription so keep the amazing tips coming! i just started on omega3 but too soon to tell of it will work. Thank you!
@@paulinechapman5669 have you experimented with a mask on the eyes at night, to keep the eyelids closed or at worse not drying out in contact with the air? I haven't found a type of mask that was both light and tight that would not interfere with my sleep. Have you?
Thank you. Recently I developed pain in my left eye, so had an ER visit. I had a torn cornea! my eye dr decided a 24/7 contact lens would help. Evidently I damaged my cornea while sleeping due to dry eyes.
I could imagine a vibration device that bridges your nose and stimulates both sides. It could be a soft comfortable material or even implemented in a soft facial or sleeping mask.
Thank you immensely for this video. I was inspired to use the back of my electric toothbrush to massage and stimulate my blocked meibomian glands after doing a heat compress (i use a hand warmer on the hottest setting which i put in a 40 denier stocking to avoid burning) and it released the oils so well and gave me much needed relief. This will now be my go to method for treating my eye disease. Thank you so very much xxx
@zayvier69 I bought it from amazon but its no longer available but I'm sure most hand warmers that are charged via USB will do the same job. All the best.
This was helpful. I followed along, just gently holding the tips of both middle fingers in the same position as his toothbrush. Tear production noticeably increased. Been noticing dry eye this winter more than last year. This could save me some discomfort!
Thank you so much! I have been suffering from dry eye syndrome for years, and tried everything. As soon as I started this method I noticed improvement at once. Now, after 3 weeks, my eyes are completely normal. Even when I ride my bike with a strong wind blowing, my eyes are fine. Question: how long shouldI continue to do neurostimulation?
Something which I thought of myself 2 years ago was if you slice off the bristles and hold the smooth side against your gums it stimulates the blood flow. I used to have gingervitis as I had moved home to another area and stupidly did not get round to getting a new dentist for 2 years. I now have my usual monthly check with a clean and my teeth have stopped bleeding and I am sure that they look whiter. My gums are excellent now. Please make sure you do not use the vibration against a tooth just make sure you run the back of toothbrush up high in the mouth against the gum root area and same below to not vibtrate along the tooth/gum edge..
I've first used a toothbrush and then prescribed to the iTear100 for 6 months. I can tell you from experience that the iTear100is way stronger and/or higher vibration. If you have a choice on your toothbrush choose the higher setting if you can tolerate it. Just FYI
Thanks for the comment. If it looks promising, you can look into the itear100 or tyrvaya (nasal spray). Ill be doing a video about those here soon as well.
Iodine Levels-If the thyroid is functioning at less than optimum levels, it may be due to improper iodine levels in your body. Iodine plays a crucial role in the function of all secretory glands. If you don't fix the cause all this fun is not going to solve the problem.
Had to try this. It made me cough uncontrollably during the full 30 seconds each side. Certainly makes my eyes run with tears. Will keep trying it. Thanks.
When he started using the electric toothbrush on his nose and began saying “WHOO!” & sneezing, I couldn’t stop laughing!! And that begin making my tears start flowing! Thanks Doc! You’re awesome! Also I learned that there are 3 types of tears, and I never knew that before.😂
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@@DrEyeGuy Not often enough. On average once a week. I get motivated more as symptoms get worse. My Mglands were so enflamed 8 months ago, the doctor injected a steroid to bring down the inflamation and swelling. I forgot to mention that I also use hypo chloric acid after cleaning and massage. Things are more fairly stable now than in the past. Thanks for YOUR help!
New here. Thoughtful and educational video. I didn't know there was such a thing as a dry eye test, so I'll have to Google that. I do have issues with my eyes feeling like I've had no sleep a lot of the time, and it makes me want to GO to sleep. However, my reactive tears flow like crazy with allergies, wind, sun, etc., so I need to explore. Can't afford to go to an eye doctor, so will just have to figure it out. I did just start some eye exercises and accupressure type stuff that may be helping. Thanks for using yourself as a Guinea pig! Liked and subscribed.
I would suggest Humming as a protocol. It improves your recovery from any nose infection and i suspect it also stimulates tear production based on your video.
I don’t find that I have a dirty toothbrush so I use the same one to do teeth and nose. I just rinse it off before using in my mouth. I also only use the toothbrush once a day. I find it has really worked.
This is really interesting and I’m definitely gonna try this. I had Stevens Johnson syndrome from pennicillin 34 yrs ago and sever dry eyes is among one of my many problems. I wear a PROSE device in my eyes (a Scleral lens) which enables me to function let alone have decent (about 20/30) vision. I score about a 1 on the Sherner (spelled wrong I’m sure) so it can’t hurt.
Interesting...I know you said its baseline tears but it looked more like reflex tears because of the red eyes (similar to when you leave your eyes open for a long time and you start tearing up)
Man, your suggestion is the exact opposite of what I need: I'm sneezing and tearing endlessly through the day. Do you have any reverse idea, of DRYING my endless damned weeping?
I successfully used my vibration toothbrush to cure my computer arm/elbow. 5 minutes, 2-3 times per day worked wonders and it never came back!! If you have tennis elbow it might work for that too!
I have suffered from chronic dry eyes for the last 2 years. Tried everything with no improvements. I got the same results as the toothbrush using an electric nose hair trimmer. Noticed when trimming a little way inside my nostrils my eyes began to water, but it also made my eyes feel sore and guess it will be the same result using the toothbrush method.
Call me crazy when I have dry eyes I put vicks vapor rub right on the middle of my check bones a small amount & the vapors clear up the dry eyes immediately. Toothpaste has the same affect...Who knew 🤷🏾♀️
You have confused cycles per second and cycles per minute. The toothbrush is rated in cycles per minute, e.g. 24,000CPM/60SPM = 400CPS. As a crosscheck, notice that the toothbrush vibrates at about the rate of a 440CPS tuning fork like piano tuners use. Hence, the toothbrush is just about twice the rate of the commercial stimulator. Also, if you point the toothbrush away from your eye, like holding the handle out in front of you, then you won't poke yourself in the eye when you sneeze.
Sooth your intestines to sooth your eyes. If your eyes are irritated in any way, know it is a symptom telling you your gut, your G.I. track is irritated. How you choose to go about doing this is in your hands.
Just a note...my apnea machine sometimes dries out my eyes during sleep. I suffered a scratch on my cornea when a teen, and I am 76. The eye doctor said these scratches return if eye drops are not used repeatedly each day. Such a pain, but the eye pain from the scratch is much much worse...OUCH!!
Yikes! Sorry to hear this. Sounds like you might be dealing with recurrent corneal erosions. Would you be able to switch to the nose/nostril type of cpap?
@@DrEyeGuy That is exactly what I was considering...in fact I made a mental note to call my professional on Monday to, GET ON IT !! Let us pray...that there are a few different options, LOL. I didn't care for the one available, a few years ago. Thanks for confirming that option I was considering. You are awesome!
I tried this for the first time, but not with my toothbrush but instead with my pulsing shower head (hand-held). That gave me a slower and softer pulsation. It tickled like crazy but didn't cause sneezes. This should be interesting.
I’m definitely gonna try it for one month. I believe my dry eyes coincided with developing metabolic disease and insulin resistance. UV not a factor because I was working the night shit for 13 years.
I was shocked it actually worked for me. Again.. im not recommending the toothbrush to the nose to anyone because of the reasons I mentioned in the video. But I think Neurostimulation is a legitimate treatment for dry eyes. Pretty cool.
Hi doc. I tried this ust now didn't really get many tears or even sneezing. But I then put the toothbrush on lower setting and massaged around my eyelids and that I think must have activated the meibomian glands a bit . Thanks for the experiment. I'll try to keep it up for some days and see how it goes .
I wanted to give it a try but was diagnosed with Pigment dispersion syndrome (PDS). I have pressure problems/loss of vision/dry eyes particularly in my right eye. My eye doctor recommended I avoid jostling my eyes
Did you ever get the iTear 100 for the full review? BTW, since the toothbrush is too fast, there are TONS of vibrating face massagers / anti-wrinkle devices that might be a very low cost solution to the iTear100? Or thoughts on those red-light (650nm ,850nm, 940nm) nasal devices that are meant for sinuses , migraines.. even sold as "Canker Sore Device"! ex. CR-912, CobiQ, Redeek / Bionase , etc.
I have one of those sonogram toothbrushes, but I also have what they call the facial rose quartz roller. It vibrates may be a little less way more comfortable.
I found my sonicare with a new tip bristle to the nose worked wonders after my lasik surgery. I found myself not needing the artificial tears at all after less than a week after the operation.
You say sonic is even faster. I looked at a cheap sonic brush on Amazon and it said 20,000 sweeps per minute which a Hertz calculator says is 333.33 hertz. A non sonic cheap one was 65 hertz. The first one is closer to the amount you said the medical unit has and the ad says it stimulates saliva and my saliva is dry. So I will get one. I asked my doctor for something for saliva and he prescribed a pill that you have to take for 12 weeks before it works, when I could have just used an electric toothbrush.
I have a sonic facial brush that I had stopped using, no reason, and I noticed my dry eye came back. I'm wondering if using it made a difference. It is a plastic round brush called Luna sold in stores like Ulta. I'll go back to it and see how it works. Also smartphone use: set on dark background. This will help reduce the blue light coming off the screen and may help reduce vision fatigue.
My eyes didn’t heal right after Lasik eye surgery. They sent me out the door with a bag full of eye lube that I was supposed to put my eyes, but they didn’t really give me a big heads up on how important it was to use it during the first 24 hours. So I lay on my couch for 24 hours, basically blinded, suffering. Now I still have dry eye and have to pry my eyes open using Thera tears every morning for at least 10 years now.
Screams Vegus nerve dysfunction, for those that want to look deeper have a look at the work of dr Diana Driscoll - dry eye, parasym plus. Also look at a device called Rezzimax. Hope this helps
Informative and interesting, but what about too many tears? The slightest breeze, even air from my vehicle's dash vents, bright light, etc., causes my eyes to tear profusely. How does that get resolved?
Someone with dry eyes could also have a gallbladder problem as well they may have either gallstones Or build up around the walls in their gallbladder which can also dry your eyes out and your skin and you can also have diabetes as well which can cause dryness
This video save me, I very conservatively use this for very short 5 second intervals only as needed, what a help. I will ask my eye Doc. about it when I next see him but sure I will not be able to afford the apparatus so glad I found this.
A nose clip version of such a device would be great (& perhaps help to avoid the danger of poking the eyes with a hand-held device)! I guess it would also allow stimulation of both sides at once...although I wonder whether the sneezing would be twice as bad if treating both sides at once!
Since a bad neck manipulation I have suffered from dry eyes. So what your saying makes sense. I guess they damaged my trigeminal nerve. Maybe neck problems are the problem with alot of people who suffer from thus condition?
I get very very teary when I go outside & wind hits my eyes as well as any slight temperature change .. I’m already tearing too much, is that a dry eye issue? Will the vibration technique help?
I've been taking fish oil supplement combining with other vitamins like e and c, it does improve my dry eyes and now im into my recovery state but sometimes id still feel the dryness but not always, just occaionally. Supplements helps my overall health and also my dry eyes.
I'm trying the toothbrush method for a month and i've really felt a big improvement in my severe dry eye. My only concern is long term safety and is there a chance of developing trigeminal neuralgia? I don't have access to the itear100 in my country.
So far studies show no signs of that developing with Neurostimulation treatment. But I wouldn't say the studies are long term... so we just don't know yet. So that can be a worry for sure. Thanks for sharing your experience! You are committed.🙂
