the insane thing is almost all of these are out of pocket expenses, and extremely expensive. I have dropped easily 15k out of pocket on my post-lasik dry eye in the last 2 years.
I am a retired nurse, now in my 70s. 9 years ago I was diagnosed with chronic blepharitis. The regime every day is flax oil 2000 mg 4times a day. (Major Omega 3) and hot water compresses for 3 minutes. I use a fresh facecloth kept comfortably hot by refreshing every 20to 30 seconds. I keep 14 facecloths in an isolated spot, and dry on a towel bar . These cloths are in their own wicker basket so that they can be washed separately. I have an eye massage as soon as I finish the compress. I rarely use eye drops, not for at least a year.
I started putting castor oil in my eyelids and my dry eyes are so much better. I use the eye drops with flaxseed oil in individual packets but I forget to use often since I began putting oil on lids before bed. My lids are still a pinkish color and I wish they would be normal flesh color
I just found your video's yesterday. They are all very helpful! Do any of these treatments conflict with or helpful with UVeitis? I just did a LipiFlow 3 days ago. Time will tell. Never heard of IPL. Sounds interesting. Thank you!
YES! Eyelid hygiene is so important. Daily use of an antimicrobial lid and lash cleanser (like Avenova) removes bad bacteria and relieves chronic eye issues like dry eye, blepharitis, MGD, contact lens irritation, and more! Thanks so much for including us 😁
@@Tanjaamazon Have you tried Avenova? It's made with only 2 ingredients (pure hypochlorous acid and saline) that are super gentle and non-irritating. Our white blood cells actually produce hypochlorous acid to fight off infections.
Thanks so much! I really suffer from dry eyes and will be doing the eye bag and massage , as well as eye hygiene that you recommended. I am already taking three times the RDA if fish oil. I had a retinal detachment in November 2022, which was successfully operated on, and included a cataract operation on that eye. Since then I have been trying to deal with my dry eye issue, as the surgeon explained it could seriously affect my sight and eye health. We don't have a lot of options here in Zambia, and I have struggled to get preservative free eye drops. The ones sold to me by pharmacists contain 'stabilised oxychloro complex (as preservative)'. The pharmacists say it is safe for long term use. Is it?
Not sure how I found your video but I’ve learned a lot thank you! I have dry eyes and have to take allergy meds daily in order to have relief.. I also get sty on my eye what is this from? I will look into the heat mask and wipes.. I have puffy under eyes and apply a cold compress quite often in the am!
I dried my eyes with the use or benadryl for 2 years to the point of développent cataracts. I truly recommend you stop using antiallergy and use calming Herbal tea ans more sleep to cure your allergy. i lost the allergies but not the cararacts. Good Lucie.
Wow, amazing that the blink exercises / 20 rule ranked so high! Regarding the Warm Compress/Massage how often does it need to be.. once at night? Any thoughts on taking a tablespoon of fish-eggs for the Omega-3s? Or should you just stick with pills? Regarding eyelid hygiene (including NuLids, MyboClean, wipes, ocusoft hypochlor spray) any thought on using eyelash curlers to minimize the dust collected if they just point straight out? Regarding Intense-Pulsed-Light (IPL) any thoughts on staring into those red-led-panels (ex. Joovv) Regarding the Tyrvaya, iTear 100 (250hz) or oscillating toothbrush (3khz-18khz) or ultrasound (30khz).. I've seen that the Philips Sonicare Electric Toothbrush Expert Clean 7300 Silver HX9617/03 oscillates at 250 rev/min.
Thank you so much for making this video! Yesterday I took a gram and a half of Omega 3’s and wiped my lids and my eyes were much less dry and painful. This was a very helpful and inspiring video… Saved me from having to use Restasis,
Great video! Thank you! Many prescription drugs can cause dry eye. Of course, the chance of needing Rxs as people age increases and those are the people who eventually need cataract surgery. I was just surprised that was not mentioned. I am not encouraging anyone to stop taking their meds, but they should consult with the prescribing doctor if they think a RX might be the cause of their dry eyes.
I just bought the large pack single use preservative free ones which are cheaper. And after using it, I would use an eye mist over my lids. My optometrist says can’t do mist alone as that would seal in any inflammation. Is that true?
yes I agree omega 3 is one of the way the way to go. I was eating fish 5 times a week yet it was not enough to help with my dry eyes so i finally took 2 grams of omega 3 every day, and if eat meat I take an extra 3 grams. so all together I take 4 to 5 grams a day and that fixed my dry eyes of many years. i am 78, my diet is low in sugar and i exercise at least 5 days a week.
Hi, please can you tell myle if dry eyes can make your eyes smaller, bland wrinkle the clear/white part of your eye,with swollen eye lid, because this is what I have. But I don't know if dry eye causes this, to me id think it's an infection or illness or some kind,
Do humidifiers help?? How many times a day should I do eyelid expression? Dr. Is it possible to use the eyelid MGD expression from home with the Steel device used in clinic? It is available to buy in Amazon
Hello. Thank you for your videos on dry eye. I have a unique issue as I have Sjögren's syndrome which is complicating my eye issues and I keep having chalazions or Hordeolum. I am doing all the things you are recommending and I have always had a great diet with lots of fish and vegetables. And my blood levels show very very low inflammation in the body. I do however have very low IgA which I believe is the issue. Any suggestions for Chalazion/hordeolum? You speak of styes but would your suggestions for my issues be the same?
Will you consider doing a video on the effects of Sjorgens in the eyes? I have a rather severe case, my eyes are so dry and irritated I can barely see. I currently take Salagen.....it only helps a little. Any advice is appreciated. Thank you.
@@fairchild1737hey !!! Thank you for the great info about Similasan with eye bright!! I never heard if sny eyedropd that actually repair (until my fads surgery).. the only ones I've seen are antibiotic polysporin drops for ears and eyes that work wonders. But it's just antibiotics, not vision help. The other thing I use is dry eye drops but again that is just a temporary dry eye treatment. Eyebright is supposed to be really good! Excited about this! I wonder of it would help cornea or cataracts?! Could you explain the entire steps about silver water and castor oil? Do you mean it comes inside the bottle? I make my own colloidal silver water. Do yiu use them ad daily drops? And how to use castor use safely? How often do you use each of these? I have astigmatism/near sighted (can't see far away) and dry eye from bad computer habits (not enough blinking and too much blue light. I and many other would appreciate your wisdom. If you dont want to comment here, maybe you have Twitter or social media where yiu can go through ALL the details and any other supplements? Also, a surgeon botched my dad's cataract surgery, damaging his cornea and now he needs a transplant. His other eye didn't have surgery but does have cataracts. I read some scientific studies about eye drops called... ok I am blanking out, it is either l-cystine or l-carnosine. They are supposed to really help. Also, cutting our sugar and carbs. Do you have any suggestions for my dad? He also have fuchs disease, a degenerative vision loss but he is in his 70s, smokes constantly and never showed any degenerative from fuchs so I dont think it is that serious for him yet (at late 70s!) ... just sudden onset cataracts after some shot/meds that disagreed with him. (Cataracts are different from fuchs). There are so many supplements from turmeric to lutein, I don't know the top ones to recommend because he won't take 20 supplements per day. Thank you again so much! Sharing is caring so you must care a lot!
It can be effective. A lot of times this person has had great success with punctal plugs and it's a way to close up the puncta permanently. But, I haven't had a lot of people in the last few yes do this procedure.
I'm at the stage of autologous eye serum drops after 18 mo.of and eye specialist and constant artificial tears,several kinds and cyclosporine drops for the inflammation. Medicare refuses to pay for the blood eye drops where they draw my blood and put them in them in drops after being concentrated at a specialty pharmacy. My doctor has mentioned none of this even after using expensive $2,000 Restasis for 90 ampules which are one time use. Luckily Medicare did pay for those. It did not help either. He never mentioned anything about diet or Omega-3. I use a humidifier and a warm I cover and ointment at night. A mental health doctor gave me hydroxyzine for 5 years insomnia and apparently that drug ruined my eyes! The autologous procedure it is extremely expensive the drops are 125 for five tiny bottles that lasts only 5 weeks, a bottle a week I'm on Medicare .they don't pay hardly anything of all these over the counter drugs, ointments, and definitely not the expensive autologus procedure or the eye drops of the blood eye drops. I just started those two weeks ago and I go back in 4 months so I have to keep using these 8 to 10 times a day which have to be refrigerated. I'm trying anything to keep my eyesight. I'm not even sure what my diagnosis is when I go back in October though you can bet your bottom dollar I will find out! Thank you for all of this information. He never mentioned eyelid massage at all! I did not know about the castor oil but he did tell me about using a humidifier use
Very useful video, thanks! I clearly underestimated the effect of the 20-20-20 rule, and overestimated the usefulness of artificial tears, warm compresses etc.. I don't know whether it already exists, but another video in which you rank the things/behaviors that make dry eyes, MGD etc. worse would also be very helpful! :)
Hi, new subscriber here.👋🏻 Suggestion for future video: ”Biologic Eyedrops” such as Autologous Serum Eyedrops (made out of the patient’s blood) & RegenerEyes (derived from human amniotic fluid or placenta). Loved the video by the way! ⭐️ The thing that has helped me the most is Ziena Moisture Chambers, which I have customized to have perfect seal around my face.
So helpful!! I didn’t know about all of the treatments. I’ve done the eyelid wipes, prescription drops and warm compresses! I’m interested in the IPL and the contacts. Are they both readily available? I live in Michigan and there seems to be no dry specialist nearby 😢
Great question! If you are able to call the doctors office, you can specifically ask of they treat dry eyes, and if they have any dry eye devices or procedures. If they do, it's a good chance that they at least treat dry eyes more seriously. But even with that, it can be tricky.
I just started doing eye accupressure on my mom, will be interested to see results, I have learned so much from your You Tubes and mom is seeing one line better now , only thing I can attribute it to is doing the warm compresses 20 min and twice daily,
mom's vision improved to 11.25 and she iw 95 yrs old, and she has 3 eye diseases, plus the lens was left off during surgery...so its not likely, but i will let you know...seems like a miracle already she can see a line better, as confirmed 3 different times
@@DrEyeGuy During the last winter months I got two blood shots in the same eye within a year. I was scared and went to see my eye doctor and she said I had extremely dry eyes and prescribed artificial tear drops. She also recommended me to use the eye drop 3-5 times a day and I thought that’s too much even though I’m using the PF eye drops. What do you recommend Dr Eye Guy by the way I love all your videos it’s very informative. Thanks 😊
@@fairchild1737 I love Similisan Because my eyes make almost no tears at all, and I have no tear film to speak of. I cannot do without these, and if they ever stop making them I don’t know what I’ll do. I had a bone marrow transplant which caused many problems with my eyes, and I have graft versus host, which made my eyes produce almost 0 tears .
I agree. I’m surprised that it wasn’t included in this list of treatments. I understand that the care of the processed eye drops requires freezer and refrigeration to maintain the viability of the serum. I’d like more information about how it is made and also what is the feedback from those patients that use this.
I've done 2 sessions of IPL so far and have seen results; 2 more sessions are scheduled. I also just had blood drawn for plasma eye drops and will start these tomorrow. What is your opinion of these? Thanks!
I watched the video & feel some of the methods only stop the worsening of your dry eye, not fix it. So would prefer better clarity of each method of it they actually help fix dry eye or stop it worsening. e.g. how would you rank omega 3 in fixing or stop the worsening of dry eye ?
I have been using warm compresses since March and not sure if that therapy is effective in my case. Left eye had superficial keratectomy in April 2021 and needs ointment every night and occasionally is sensitive to the heat. Have also been taking 2,500 mg of Omega-3's for two months and will give that therapy another 3 to 4 months. Definitely need to get more disciplined on the 20-20-20 rule + blinking. Last but in my case but definitely not least is HYDRATION because I take a medication that dehydrates me. Thank you for your excellent advice❤
I had similar procedure on both eyes, could not tolerate the ointment, so I wear goggles at night and use Refresh Optive with flax instead to avoid painful corneal erosions. I feel the pain of your struggle! I am adding in prescrip drops and recommeneded vitamins to see if that improves in next 2-3 months.
Thank you for sharing. Refresh Optive with flax. I will look into that. Is helps the cornea? My dad has cataracts in both eyes. An eye surgeon put the lens in one eye to fix the cataract vision issue but he damaged the cornea so badly during the operation that now my dad needs a cornea transplant and obviously can't risk surgery ln the other eyes. So with the damage to the cornea his vision isn't any better. If there are any cornea drops that help even a little bit, that wouod be amazing. Better to try than do nothing! The eye surgeon ghosted my dad after the botched procedure and refuses to meet with him so my dad has no idea how to mitigate anybody this damage. (He lives in a socialist society so it is very difficult to sue for anything... and we are known for being a nice people country, so my dad even feels bad that he isnt going to be paying the doctor several more thousand dollars for the other eye... like my dad let the doctor down and the doctor is right to ghost him).
I’m really curious about the trigeminal nerve thing, as i was diagnosed with T neuralgia after a traumatic molar extraction. I have a weird niggling behind my nose and along the jaw on that side since, and it’s been two years. Now I’m wondering if my dry eye was also caused by the extraction!😮
I’d liked the Restasis, but when I started getting it from Express Scripts, I had burning in my eyes from it. Before that I was getting at my local pharmacy, and I had no burning. I contacted Express Scripts and they told me it was the same medicine, and to contact my doctor, and I needed to stop using it. I would give it a 8 on the scale. I did the Omega 3 and had some relief. Maybe a 5. I heard and saw Omegas 3 was causing tachycardia and hair loss in some people. I quit because I was having both of those happening. I have the plugs in and they help some, but not great. Maybe a 5?
I have plugs in both my eyes due to dry eyes it did help quite a bit, sometimes my eyes feels too much , I believe it’s due to allergies…still wake up with system of dry eyes, what can be done for the tearing if anything…
I wonder if my dry eye if from my place of work I work in a foundary with a ton of sand floating around along with every other thing floating around in there so I shower every day after work but my eyes still feel dry or irritated sometimes my bluryness just started 3 weeks ago
I got a small stye when I woke up in morning. I have tried many treatments for almost 3 days a week, but all in vain. The only relief I have found is from Alcain anesthesia drops. It happens 3 or 4 times a week on same eye. Qt lower inside of lower eye lid a small dot
Noticed that blinking while look down with head bent downwards is more effective to stimulate tear formation when the eye is dry, even more effective when i also chew something at the same time. idk why but if i just blink with head up i can blink for a long time and the dye remains completely dry whereas the other way i not only get my blinking exercises done but also stimulate the tear glands for some reason. it’s a win win.
Why did you change your mind about eye drops. In your video two plus you recommend eye drop I’ve had for awhile and no Treatment so I have severe dry eye now I think eyedrops work at least for me Thanks
I still use eye drops myself and still recommend eye drops. But it's not a treatment that can get to the root cause of dry eyes. I hope that I am able to change my mind about treatments as I practice and new treatments come out.
I was living with dry irritated eyes for years and I presumed there wasn’t much I could do about it. Then I started taking doxycycline for my rosacea and within a day or two I felt wow, my eyes have never felt so healthy and look way less irritated! From then I realised I had MGD, ocular rosacea and allergic conjunctivitis, and have now tried some of the other treatments and things feel so much better.
Wow this is such gold info, thank you for sharing. I jave chronic skin rosacea and dry eyes, I assume from too much screen time over the years. How do yiu take doxycycline?! Pill? Injection? Cream? What strength and dosage. I might have what you have and can bring this info to my doctor. What were your symptoms for MGF, ocular Rosacea, and allergic conjunctivitis?? What other tratements/dosages/frequency have you been using to treat it?!? This is life changing! So your vision got better? I can't see far away very well.
@@user-dm7bu4gq5l Pill! It’s called Efracea or Oracea depending on which part of the world you’re in. I take 40 mg MR. That dose is so low that it has no effect on bacteria or your gut. It just works as an anti inflammatory. But my eyes just feel amazing using it. My symptoms were dry, irritated, slightly swollen eyes. Sometimes people thought I had been crying or hungover. The doxy has made a great difference but I also use a tea tree eye wash twice daily, eye wipes, lubricating drops, antihistamine drops, and ciclosporine drops. I’m going to do IPL and LLLT too. But I’ll take Efracea for the rest of my life. I have no side effects and the studies say it’s extremely safe. Just make sure you get the low dose rather than antibiotic version. Also I use ivermectin, tretinoin and azelaic acid on my skin.
@@user-dm7bu4gq5l Btw, you very likely have ocular rosacea. It’s probably not related to screen usage. See a dermatologist, ophthalmologist or knowledgable optometrist about it
Hydration to help with that aqueous portion of the tears and an anti-inflammatory to try and help any extra inflammation on the remaining oil glands, eyelids, and surface of the eye.
I’ve been watching videos for a while, I’ve been diagnosed with Dry Eye , unless I missed it, I don’t see you mentioning about medication for dry as far as causing it. Did I miss that video?
I was diagnosed with "one of the autoimmune disorders" but we really don't know which. Considering I'm allergic to wheat pollen, we're leaning toward a non celiac gluten/wheat sensitivity and also haven't ruled out RA, which runs in my family.. and severe dry eye can be a factor in both. To find out if this affects me I went almost completely wheat free and while it took at least 4-6 weeks for a lot of my symptoms to disappear and my dry eye, while still present, also improved. I often deal with gritty eyes, blurred vision, constantly rubbing my eyes due to the feeling of foreign bodies especially under my upper lids. (I also started increasing my Omega 3 intake - not in capsule form, but because of eating foods higher in omega-3 fatty acids.) Sadly when speaking to my eye doctor about plugs, he stated I didnt need them. He has been pretty aloof about my severe dry eye and I am now looking for someone who takes my eye health more seriously. Awesome video, thank you so much.
Where can i find that de3 supplement. Its sold out on amazon. Also how long should i take an omega 3 to see benefits. I took one for a month didnt see any benefits then stopped. Do you reckon 1month is to short to see an improvement
Im convinced applying daily eye drops for my 92 yr old mother, daily moist drops actually make the eyes dryer without it. A bit like the chap stick theory
I have been doing all this for over 2 months except for the scleral lenses and in office treatment. I still have no relief. I already stopped my computer work and everyday is a struggle. I will try the other methods next. Is it possible to be functional again? I am not even 40 yrs old yet.
@@jenniferholley2359 haven’t tried that. I tried calf blood serum drops which is similar concept. I tried for a month but stopped. I will see what dry eye clinic suggests in two weeks.
@@midomido1022 did u have your gall bladder removed just curious I had mine removed and I heard that causes dry eye as well because you can no longer absorb vitamin a without it
They can be. A lot of people with MGD will have an evaporative type of dry eye that leaves the surface of the eye exposed, and can cause keratitis. Scleral lenses can help keep that fluid on the eye. Then the battle begins with trying to keep the lenses from fogging up.
@@BlueBanistersLove thanks! I’m hoping to get an appointment soon. Do you have any issues with fogging and are you able to wear them for 12+ hours without having to take them out and refill?
@@organicoliveoil2007 no issues with fogging and yes I wear them all day without refilling. It takes time to get a perfect fit and to build up wear time… but very worth it
I give artificial tears a zero. They burn and make my eyes dryer than before. Wet compress feels good while doing. They did absolutely nothing for the dry eyes (I was trying to do three times a day or more).
Hi, it's a small collagen or Silicone plug that is placed into the duct of the eyelid to block tears from draining. I did a video about it here if you want to learn more: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lgVar0Sm5JA.html
My eyes were so dry that they were stuck together in the morning. It was incredibly painful to pry them open. I discovered organic, hexagon free castor oil which changed from the first use! I do have hardness in my tear ducts that bother me but the oil has been life changing!
Why my eyes get dry during the night? Do you have colleagues in Montreal? I visited 10+ opto and ophtalmo and none of them had solutions only 2 mentionned drops and wipes.
@@mrx4256thank you, i will read about it and try a few things. I use night drops hydrasense and cleaning with systane wipes and saline solution right before bed. It helps a lot. Hopefully this help my cataract in the long run.
No time for warm compresses 😢… it is very soothing and comfortable but just no time 😢 Optometrist says try ointment at night, if it affects my vision too much just alternate each eye each night which I find is great advice.
IPL was a clear 11 for me! Yes, it cost me $2,000 but it was a night and day difference. I use Dr. Price out of Indy, awesome results for all of my eye care needs!
Why not rx restasis and also rx home care. Just bc its annoying to deal with ins doesnt mean you docs shouldn't rx it. We are coming to you for help after all.
I noticed sleeping with a warm wet washcloth over my eyes helped. I held it in place with a neck gaiter. Do you think that it would be helpful to sleep with goggles filled with a saline solution?
