THE DRY EYE ZONEEMAIL SIGNUPFACEBOOK GROUPSDRY EYE FAQDO I HAVE DRY EYEI HAVE DRY EYE. NOW WHAT In memoriam. Perry Rosenthal MD, founder of Boston Foundation for Sight in 1992, passed away on March 10, 2018. He was dearly loved by his patients, including the many with severe dry eye and corneal neuralgia patients he helped during his long and distinguished career.

Read more.

DRY EYE DEVICES

FDA cleared (510 (k)) Dec 2016 - ILUX (Tear Film Innovations). For in-office use. Handheld device with heat and pressure therapy for clearing meibomian glands. Nov 2016 - LIPIFLOW Thermal Pulsation System by Johnson & Johnson (prev. TearScience). Lipiflow is designed

to treat MGD.

LUBRICANT EYE DROP REFERENCE Lubricant Eye Drop Reference. Detailed list with active and inactive ingredients, preservatives, and packaging sizes, by brand. For technical information about what all these ingredients are actually doing in your drops, please refer to the TFOS DEWS II excerpt here.The list is mostly products sold as "Lubricant eye drops", however, I have also included "Multi-symptom" type drops because they DRY EYE DRUG PIPELINE OC-01 (Oyster Point) OC-01 is a preservative-free varenicline nasal spray designed to treat both signs and symptoms of dry eye. It is intended to activate the trigeminal parasympathetic pathway to stimulate natural tear production. Oyster Point is expected to file an

NDA in 4Q 2020.

12-QUESTION DRY EYE SYMPTOM SCORE Answer 12 questions and get a dry eye symptom score (scale of 0-100)! OSDI is a practical, scientifically validated tool. Scoring yourself regularly can help you track your progress, communicate more effectively with your eye doctor(s) and determine whether your treatment plan is working. I HAVE SEVERE DRY EYE. HELP! OSHA recommends that humidity at your office not be lower than 20%. Check for vents that may need to be redirected. Moving indoor air is hard on dry eye, just like wind outdoors. Wear moisture chamber glasses while using a computer, especially if you have severe

symptoms.

FORUMS - DRY EYE ZONE FORUMS Last Post: 3 months after Lasik regret/depressed. 481. 3,927. 3 months after Lasik regret/depressed. by Aegeus. Today, 10:16. Our dry eye triumphs. Share encouraging experiences, progress reports and stories of physical and emotional healing! Topics: 508 Posts: 4,682. SURVEY: SCLERAL LENS COSTS Travel, lodging, and meal cost to Boston was and additional $3.000. Now my eye doctor can fit me with scleral lenses which eliminates travel. The scleral lens cost about $1000 apiece verses about $2,000 apiece. It would sure be nice to have some kind of help with covering cost of the use of these lens. TEARCARE: WEARABLE WARM COMPRESSES And they’ve just published a second study. In the original, A novel system, TearCare®, for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease (Badawi, Clinical Ophthalmology, April 2018), they compared a single TearCare treatment with four weeks of warm compresses. A single treatment with the TearCare system, in this clinical trial, demonstrated a sustained and statistically LIPIFLOW & IPL SUCCESS RATES (PROS/CONS?) LipiFlow costs around 1k CAD in Toronto, and monthly-IPL costs less than 1k/year (12 treatments in a year, monthly). I recommend you to do both. IPL somehow has the ability to reduce inflammation, I recommend you to do monthly-IPL to reduce inflammation until it is gone. THE DRY EYE ZONEEMAIL SIGNUPFACEBOOK GROUPSDRY EYE FAQDO I HAVE DRY EYEI HAVE DRY EYE. NOW WHAT In memoriam. Perry Rosenthal MD, founder of Boston Foundation for Sight in 1992, passed away on March 10, 2018. He was dearly loved by his patients, including the many with severe dry eye and corneal neuralgia patients he helped during his long and distinguished career.

Read more.

DRY EYE DEVICES

FDA cleared (510 (k)) Dec 2016 - ILUX (Tear Film Innovations). For in-office use. Handheld device with heat and pressure therapy for clearing meibomian glands. Nov 2016 - LIPIFLOW Thermal Pulsation System by Johnson & Johnson (prev. TearScience). Lipiflow is designed

to treat MGD.

LUBRICANT EYE DROP REFERENCE Lubricant Eye Drop Reference. Detailed list with active and inactive ingredients, preservatives, and packaging sizes, by brand. For technical information about what all these ingredients are actually doing in your drops, please refer to the TFOS DEWS II excerpt here.The list is mostly products sold as "Lubricant eye drops", however, I have also included "Multi-symptom" type drops because they DRY EYE DRUG PIPELINE OC-01 (Oyster Point) OC-01 is a preservative-free varenicline nasal spray designed to treat both signs and symptoms of dry eye. It is intended to activate the trigeminal parasympathetic pathway to stimulate natural tear production. Oyster Point is expected to file an

NDA in 4Q 2020.

12-QUESTION DRY EYE SYMPTOM SCORE Answer 12 questions and get a dry eye symptom score (scale of 0-100)! OSDI is a practical, scientifically validated tool. Scoring yourself regularly can help you track your progress, communicate more effectively with your eye doctor(s) and determine whether your treatment plan is working. I HAVE SEVERE DRY EYE. HELP! OSHA recommends that humidity at your office not be lower than 20%. Check for vents that may need to be redirected. Moving indoor air is hard on dry eye, just like wind outdoors. Wear moisture chamber glasses while using a computer, especially if you have severe

symptoms.

FORUMS - DRY EYE ZONE FORUMS Last Post: 3 months after Lasik regret/depressed. 481. 3,927. 3 months after Lasik regret/depressed. by Aegeus. Today, 10:16. Our dry eye triumphs. Share encouraging experiences, progress reports and stories of physical and emotional healing! Topics: 508 Posts: 4,682. SURVEY: SCLERAL LENS COSTS Travel, lodging, and meal cost to Boston was and additional $3.000. Now my eye doctor can fit me with scleral lenses which eliminates travel. The scleral lens cost about $1000 apiece verses about $2,000 apiece. It would sure be nice to have some kind of help with covering cost of the use of these lens. TEARCARE: WEARABLE WARM COMPRESSES And they’ve just published a second study. In the original, A novel system, TearCare®, for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease (Badawi, Clinical Ophthalmology, April 2018), they compared a single TearCare treatment with four weeks of warm compresses. A single treatment with the TearCare system, in this clinical trial, demonstrated a sustained and statistically LIPIFLOW & IPL SUCCESS RATES (PROS/CONS?) LipiFlow costs around 1k CAD in Toronto, and monthly-IPL costs less than 1k/year (12 treatments in a year, monthly). I recommend you to do both. IPL somehow has the ability to reduce inflammation, I recommend you to do monthly-IPL to reduce inflammation until it is gone. ABOUT — THE DRY EYE ZONE The Dry Eye Zone website was launched in 2005. DEZ was a natural outgrowth of LaserMyEye, a website and forum I ran in the early 2000s (now long gone) as a solutions resource for people with complications from laser eye surgeries, e.g. LASIK and PRK, back in the 12-QUESTION DRY EYE SYMPTOM SCORE Answer 12 questions and get a dry eye symptom score (scale of 0-100)! OSDI is a practical, scientifically validated tool. Scoring yourself regularly can help you track your progress, communicate more effectively with your eye doctor(s) and determine whether your treatment plan is working.

REBECCA'S BLOG

Abstract Rebecca Petris. November 6, 2019 sedentary lifestyle, computer use, VDT, risk factors. Comment. Study: Adolescent dry eye and MG dropout (but not correlated with devices) 15% of adolescents were symptomatic and across all of 225 participants, there was some MG dropout in 39% of both upper and lower lids. RECRUITING FOR STUDY: OGVHD PATIENTS WEARING SCLERAL Posted on behalf of BostonSight: I wanted to reach out regarding the clinical research study for which BostonSight is currently recruiting ocular graft versus host disease (oGvHD) patients who wear ANY type of scleral lenses.. Patients who enroll in this study will receive Pro-ocularTM (Progesterone USP) 1% Topical Gel applied to the forehead

twice daily.

EYE DROPS PRESERVED WITH BAK Benzalkonium chloride (BAK) is a common preservative that is believed to be damaging to the eyes in up to seven different ways, according to TFOS DEWS II's Iatrogenic Dry Eye Report (see section 4.3.2.1 ). Unfortunately, not only is this preservative used in most prescription eye drops - for the vast majority of which, no preservative-free OUR DRY EYE TRIUMPHS 02-Apr-2021, 21:51. MGD cured (hopefully) by using oral antibiotics (azy+dioxy) 29M. by SergioBiasi. Started by SergioBiasi, 25-Feb-2021,

10:53. 4 responses.

SURVEY: SCLERAL LENS COSTS Travel, lodging, and meal cost to Boston was and additional $3.000. Now my eye doctor can fit me with scleral lenses which eliminates travel. The scleral lens cost about $1000 apiece verses about $2,000 apiece. It would sure be nice to have some kind of help with covering cost of the use of these lens. SURVEY: NULIDS IN THE DRYEYESHOP? (2/2019) Xoxo xoxo, $320 for the device, then $1 a day +whatever for shipping for the disposable tips. For crissakes, the NuLids folks realize (as do most dry eye product promoters - not you, Rebecca!) how to take advantage of people who have suffered immensely with dry eye and will do almost anything to fix it,

including

RED ALERT: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MOST redness relievers pose 2 out of 2 hazards: (1) Rebound redness, which is exactly what it sounds like (if you want to know more, prowl through the 329,000 Google hits) and/or. (2) A toxic preservative called benzalkonium chloride (or BAK for short). When I say toxic, I mean specifically toxic to the surfaces of the eye (cornea and REFRESH PM & LACRI-LUBE Yes, Refresh PM as well as Refresh Lacri-Lube are on backorder at the manufacturer and have been for some months now, so the wholesalers are running out and many retailers are completely out. Yes, the Amazon and eBay scalpers are out in force THE DRY EYE ZONEEMAIL SIGNUPFACEBOOK GROUPSDRY EYE FAQDO I HAVE DRY EYEI HAVE DRY EYE. NOW WHAT In memoriam. Perry Rosenthal MD, founder of Boston Foundation for Sight in 1992, passed away on March 10, 2018. He was dearly loved by his patients, including the many with severe dry eye and corneal neuralgia patients he helped during his long and distinguished career.

Read more.

DRY EYE DEVICES

FDA cleared (510 (k)) Dec 2016 - ILUX (Tear Film Innovations). For in-office use. Handheld device with heat and pressure therapy for clearing meibomian glands. Nov 2016 - LIPIFLOW Thermal Pulsation System by Johnson & Johnson (prev. TearScience). Lipiflow is designed

to treat MGD.

LUBRICANT EYE DROP REFERENCE Lubricant Eye Drop Reference. Detailed list with active and inactive ingredients, preservatives, and packaging sizes, by brand. For technical information about what all these ingredients are actually doing in your drops, please refer to the TFOS DEWS II excerpt here.The list is mostly products sold as "Lubricant eye drops", however, I have also included "Multi-symptom" type drops because they 12-QUESTION DRY EYE SYMPTOM SCORE Answer 12 questions and get a dry eye symptom score (scale of 0-100)! OSDI is a practical, scientifically validated tool. Scoring yourself regularly can help you track your progress, communicate more effectively with your eye doctor(s) and determine whether your treatment plan is working. DRY EYE DRUG PIPELINE OC-01 (Oyster Point) OC-01 is a preservative-free varenicline nasal spray designed to treat both signs and symptoms of dry eye. It is intended to activate the trigeminal parasympathetic pathway to stimulate natural tear production. Oyster Point is expected to file an

NDA in 4Q 2020.

I HAVE SEVERE DRY EYE. HELP! OSHA recommends that humidity at your office not be lower than 20%. Check for vents that may need to be redirected. Moving indoor air is hard on dry eye, just like wind outdoors. Wear moisture chamber glasses while using a computer, especially if you have severe

symptoms.

FORUMS - DRY EYE ZONE FORUMS Last Post: 3 months after Lasik regret/depressed. 481. 3,927. 3 months after Lasik regret/depressed. by Aegeus. Today, 10:16. Our dry eye triumphs. Share encouraging experiences, progress reports and stories of physical and emotional healing! Topics: 508 Posts: 4,682. SURVEY: SCLERAL LENS COSTS Travel, lodging, and meal cost to Boston was and additional $3.000. Now my eye doctor can fit me with scleral lenses which eliminates travel. The scleral lens cost about $1000 apiece verses about $2,000 apiece. It would sure be nice to have some kind of help with covering cost of the use of these lens. SURVEY: NULIDS IN THE DRYEYESHOP? (2/2019) Xoxo xoxo, $320 for the device, then $1 a day +whatever for shipping for the disposable tips. For crissakes, the NuLids folks realize (as do most dry eye product promoters - not you, Rebecca!) how to take advantage of people who have suffered immensely with dry eye and will do almost anything to fix it,

including

LIPIFLOW & IPL SUCCESS RATES (PROS/CONS?) LipiFlow costs around 1k CAD in Toronto, and monthly-IPL costs less than 1k/year (12 treatments in a year, monthly). I recommend you to do both. IPL somehow has the ability to reduce inflammation, I recommend you to do monthly-IPL to reduce inflammation until it is gone. THE DRY EYE ZONEEMAIL SIGNUPFACEBOOK GROUPSDRY EYE FAQDO I HAVE DRY EYEI HAVE DRY EYE. NOW WHAT In memoriam. Perry Rosenthal MD, founder of Boston Foundation for Sight in 1992, passed away on March 10, 2018. He was dearly loved by his patients, including the many with severe dry eye and corneal neuralgia patients he helped during his long and distinguished career.

Read more.

DRY EYE DEVICES

FDA cleared (510 (k)) Dec 2016 - ILUX (Tear Film Innovations). For in-office use. Handheld device with heat and pressure therapy for clearing meibomian glands. Nov 2016 - LIPIFLOW Thermal Pulsation System by Johnson & Johnson (prev. TearScience). Lipiflow is designed

to treat MGD.

LUBRICANT EYE DROP REFERENCE Lubricant Eye Drop Reference. Detailed list with active and inactive ingredients, preservatives, and packaging sizes, by brand. For technical information about what all these ingredients are actually doing in your drops, please refer to the TFOS DEWS II excerpt here.The list is mostly products sold as "Lubricant eye drops", however, I have also included "Multi-symptom" type drops because they 12-QUESTION DRY EYE SYMPTOM SCORE Answer 12 questions and get a dry eye symptom score (scale of 0-100)! OSDI is a practical, scientifically validated tool. Scoring yourself regularly can help you track your progress, communicate more effectively with your eye doctor(s) and determine whether your treatment plan is working. DRY EYE DRUG PIPELINE OC-01 (Oyster Point) OC-01 is a preservative-free varenicline nasal spray designed to treat both signs and symptoms of dry eye. It is intended to activate the trigeminal parasympathetic pathway to stimulate natural tear production. Oyster Point is expected to file an

NDA in 4Q 2020.

I HAVE SEVERE DRY EYE. HELP! OSHA recommends that humidity at your office not be lower than 20%. Check for vents that may need to be redirected. Moving indoor air is hard on dry eye, just like wind outdoors. Wear moisture chamber glasses while using a computer, especially if you have severe

symptoms.

FORUMS - DRY EYE ZONE FORUMS Last Post: 3 months after Lasik regret/depressed. 481. 3,927. 3 months after Lasik regret/depressed. by Aegeus. Today, 10:16. Our dry eye triumphs. Share encouraging experiences, progress reports and stories of physical and emotional healing! Topics: 508 Posts: 4,682. SURVEY: SCLERAL LENS COSTS Travel, lodging, and meal cost to Boston was and additional $3.000. Now my eye doctor can fit me with scleral lenses which eliminates travel. The scleral lens cost about $1000 apiece verses about $2,000 apiece. It would sure be nice to have some kind of help with covering cost of the use of these lens. SURVEY: NULIDS IN THE DRYEYESHOP? (2/2019) Xoxo xoxo, $320 for the device, then $1 a day +whatever for shipping for the disposable tips. For crissakes, the NuLids folks realize (as do most dry eye product promoters - not you, Rebecca!) how to take advantage of people who have suffered immensely with dry eye and will do almost anything to fix it,

including

LIPIFLOW & IPL SUCCESS RATES (PROS/CONS?) LipiFlow costs around 1k CAD in Toronto, and monthly-IPL costs less than 1k/year (12 treatments in a year, monthly). I recommend you to do both. IPL somehow has the ability to reduce inflammation, I recommend you to do monthly-IPL to reduce inflammation until it is gone. ABOUT — THE DRY EYE ZONE The Dry Eye Zone website was launched in 2005. DEZ was a natural outgrowth of LaserMyEye, a website and forum I ran in the early 2000s (now long gone) as a solutions resource for people with complications from laser eye surgeries, e.g. LASIK and PRK, back in the SURVEY CENTER AT THE DRY EYE ZONE About these surveys. These surveys are conducted by The Dry Eye Shop on behalf of The Dry Eye Zone. Please feel free to use the survey data so long as you attribute it to us and link back to the page here where the survey results are hosted. You may also submit survey requests. For further information, please contact us. SURVEY: PRESERVATIVES IN EYE DROPS 19% believe that some preservatives are worse than others.*. 44% believe preservatives are toxic and could make dry eyes worse. 25% believe that they are allergic to preservatives or that preservatives bother their eyes. * It’s true, and if you are among the 20% EYE DROPS PRESERVED WITH BAK Benzalkonium chloride (BAK) is a common preservative that is believed to be damaging to the eyes in up to seven different ways, according to TFOS DEWS II's Iatrogenic Dry Eye Report (see section 4.3.2.1 ). Unfortunately, not only is this preservative used in most prescription eye drops - for the vast majority of which, no preservative-free SURVEY: NULIDS IN THE DRYEYESHOP? (2/2019) Xoxo xoxo, $320 for the device, then $1 a day +whatever for shipping for the disposable tips. For crissakes, the NuLids folks realize (as do most dry eye product promoters - not you, Rebecca!) how to take advantage of people who have suffered immensely with dry eye and will do almost anything to fix it,

including

OUR DRY EYE TRIUMPHS 02-Apr-2021, 21:51. MGD cured (hopefully) by using oral antibiotics (azy+dioxy) 29M. by SergioBiasi. Started by SergioBiasi, 25-Feb-2021,

10:53. 4 responses.

ARVO MONDAY MORNING: DRY EYE I Fun fact: While we know MGD is a big cause of dry eye, MGD is much more prevalent amongst Asians (42-68%) than Caucasians (4-31%). Dr Reneker started with some excellent context on how MGD works - the different types (obstruction vs change in quality/quantity of meibum) and also how little is really known about the underlying causes. I

really

SURVEY: SCLERAL LENS WEAR TIME (12/2018) Sometimes cleaning and re-inserting will give me another 3 hours; some days only 1 or 2 hours. The doctor at Boston Sight said the right lens had a good fit, but the right eye was much drier than the left and that was the reason for the difference in wearing time. Usually I can wear then as long as I want. CAN THE PLUGS GO BENEATH THE SURFACE? Hello. I had punctal plugs put in the lowers 11 years ago. Lately my eyes have been bothering me a lot and I had the sense that the punctal plugs were the cause of it. So I went to the doctor who originally put them in and when he looked at my eyes he HOW LONG CAN PRESERVATIVE FREE VIALS BE LEFT OPEN/STORED How long can preservative free vials be left open/stored? 21-May-2010, 09:00. I'm trying to use more and more preservative free artificial tears to combat a recent flare-up of my dry eyes. In the morning when I'm trying to fully hydrate my eyes, I easily can go through the 6 - 7 drops in a vial in a matter of minutes. THE DRY EYE ZONEEMAIL SIGNUPFACEBOOK GROUPSDRY EYE FAQDO I HAVE DRY EYEI HAVE DRY EYE. NOW WHAT In memoriam. Perry Rosenthal MD, founder of Boston Foundation for Sight in 1992, passed away on March 10, 2018. He was dearly loved by his patients, including the many with severe dry eye and corneal neuralgia patients he helped during his long and distinguished career.

Read more.

DRY EYE DEVICES

FDA cleared (510 (k)) Dec 2016 - ILUX (Tear Film Innovations). For in-office use. Handheld device with heat and pressure therapy for clearing meibomian glands. Nov 2016 - LIPIFLOW Thermal Pulsation System by Johnson & Johnson (prev. TearScience). Lipiflow is designed

to treat MGD.

LUBRICANT EYE DROP REFERENCE Lubricant Eye Drop Reference. Detailed list with active and inactive ingredients, preservatives, and packaging sizes, by brand. For technical information about what all these ingredients are actually doing in your drops, please refer to the TFOS DEWS II excerpt here.The list is mostly products sold as "Lubricant eye drops", however, I have also included "Multi-symptom" type drops because they 12-QUESTION DRY EYE SYMPTOM SCORE Answer 12 questions and get a dry eye symptom score (scale of 0-100)! OSDI is a practical, scientifically validated tool. Scoring yourself regularly can help you track your progress, communicate more effectively with your eye doctor(s) and determine whether your treatment plan is working. DRY EYE DRUG PIPELINE OC-01 (Oyster Point) OC-01 is a preservative-free varenicline nasal spray designed to treat both signs and symptoms of dry eye. It is intended to activate the trigeminal parasympathetic pathway to stimulate natural tear production. Oyster Point is expected to file an

NDA in 4Q 2020.

I HAVE SEVERE DRY EYE. HELP! OSHA recommends that humidity at your office not be lower than 20%. Check for vents that may need to be redirected. Moving indoor air is hard on dry eye, just like wind outdoors. Wear moisture chamber glasses while using a computer, especially if you have severe

symptoms.

FORUMS - DRY EYE ZONE FORUMS Last Post: 3 months after Lasik regret/depressed. 481. 3,927. 3 months after Lasik regret/depressed. by Aegeus. Today, 10:16. Our dry eye triumphs. Share encouraging experiences, progress reports and stories of physical and emotional healing! Topics: 508 Posts: 4,682. SURVEY: SCLERAL LENS COSTS Travel, lodging, and meal cost to Boston was and additional $3.000. Now my eye doctor can fit me with scleral lenses which eliminates travel. The scleral lens cost about $1000 apiece verses about $2,000 apiece. It would sure be nice to have some kind of help with covering cost of the use of these lens. SURVEY: NULIDS IN THE DRYEYESHOP? (2/2019) Xoxo xoxo, $320 for the device, then $1 a day +whatever for shipping for the disposable tips. For crissakes, the NuLids folks realize (as do most dry eye product promoters - not you, Rebecca!) how to take advantage of people who have suffered immensely with dry eye and will do almost anything to fix it,

including

LIPIFLOW & IPL SUCCESS RATES (PROS/CONS?) LipiFlow costs around 1k CAD in Toronto, and monthly-IPL costs less than 1k/year (12 treatments in a year, monthly). I recommend you to do both. IPL somehow has the ability to reduce inflammation, I recommend you to do monthly-IPL to reduce inflammation until it is gone. THE DRY EYE ZONEEMAIL SIGNUPFACEBOOK GROUPSDRY EYE FAQDO I HAVE DRY EYEI HAVE DRY EYE. NOW WHAT In memoriam. Perry Rosenthal MD, founder of Boston Foundation for Sight in 1992, passed away on March 10, 2018. He was dearly loved by his patients, including the many with severe dry eye and corneal neuralgia patients he helped during his long and distinguished career.

Read more.

DRY EYE DEVICES

FDA cleared (510 (k)) Dec 2016 - ILUX (Tear Film Innovations). For in-office use. Handheld device with heat and pressure therapy for clearing meibomian glands. Nov 2016 - LIPIFLOW Thermal Pulsation System by Johnson & Johnson (prev. TearScience). Lipiflow is designed

to treat MGD.

LUBRICANT EYE DROP REFERENCE Lubricant Eye Drop Reference. Detailed list with active and inactive ingredients, preservatives, and packaging sizes, by brand. For technical information about what all these ingredients are actually doing in your drops, please refer to the TFOS DEWS II excerpt here.The list is mostly products sold as "Lubricant eye drops", however, I have also included "Multi-symptom" type drops because they 12-QUESTION DRY EYE SYMPTOM SCORE Answer 12 questions and get a dry eye symptom score (scale of 0-100)! OSDI is a practical, scientifically validated tool. Scoring yourself regularly can help you track your progress, communicate more effectively with your eye doctor(s) and determine whether your treatment plan is working. DRY EYE DRUG PIPELINE OC-01 (Oyster Point) OC-01 is a preservative-free varenicline nasal spray designed to treat both signs and symptoms of dry eye. It is intended to activate the trigeminal parasympathetic pathway to stimulate natural tear production. Oyster Point is expected to file an

NDA in 4Q 2020.

I HAVE SEVERE DRY EYE. HELP! OSHA recommends that humidity at your office not be lower than 20%. Check for vents that may need to be redirected. Moving indoor air is hard on dry eye, just like wind outdoors. Wear moisture chamber glasses while using a computer, especially if you have severe

symptoms.

FORUMS - DRY EYE ZONE FORUMS Last Post: 3 months after Lasik regret/depressed. 481. 3,927. 3 months after Lasik regret/depressed. by Aegeus. Today, 10:16. Our dry eye triumphs. Share encouraging experiences, progress reports and stories of physical and emotional healing! Topics: 508 Posts: 4,682. SURVEY: SCLERAL LENS COSTS Travel, lodging, and meal cost to Boston was and additional $3.000. Now my eye doctor can fit me with scleral lenses which eliminates travel. The scleral lens cost about $1000 apiece verses about $2,000 apiece. It would sure be nice to have some kind of help with covering cost of the use of these lens. SURVEY: NULIDS IN THE DRYEYESHOP? (2/2019) Xoxo xoxo, $320 for the device, then $1 a day +whatever for shipping for the disposable tips. For crissakes, the NuLids folks realize (as do most dry eye product promoters - not you, Rebecca!) how to take advantage of people who have suffered immensely with dry eye and will do almost anything to fix it,

including

LIPIFLOW & IPL SUCCESS RATES (PROS/CONS?) LipiFlow costs around 1k CAD in Toronto, and monthly-IPL costs less than 1k/year (12 treatments in a year, monthly). I recommend you to do both. IPL somehow has the ability to reduce inflammation, I recommend you to do monthly-IPL to reduce inflammation until it is gone. ABOUT — THE DRY EYE ZONE The Dry Eye Zone website was launched in 2005. DEZ was a natural outgrowth of LaserMyEye, a website and forum I ran in the early 2000s (now long gone) as a solutions resource for people with complications from laser eye surgeries, e.g. LASIK and PRK, back in the SURVEY CENTER AT THE DRY EYE ZONE About these surveys. These surveys are conducted by The Dry Eye Shop on behalf of The Dry Eye Zone. Please feel free to use the survey data so long as you attribute it to us and link back to the page here where the survey results are hosted. You may also submit survey requests. For further information, please contact us. SURVEY: PRESERVATIVES IN EYE DROPS 19% believe that some preservatives are worse than others.*. 44% believe preservatives are toxic and could make dry eyes worse. 25% believe that they are allergic to preservatives or that preservatives bother their eyes. * It’s true, and if you are among the 20% EYE DROPS PRESERVED WITH BAK Benzalkonium chloride (BAK) is a common preservative that is believed to be damaging to the eyes in up to seven different ways, according to TFOS DEWS II's Iatrogenic Dry Eye Report (see section 4.3.2.1 ). Unfortunately, not only is this preservative used in most prescription eye drops - for the vast majority of which, no preservative-free SURVEY: NULIDS IN THE DRYEYESHOP? (2/2019) Xoxo xoxo, $320 for the device, then $1 a day +whatever for shipping for the disposable tips. For crissakes, the NuLids folks realize (as do most dry eye product promoters - not you, Rebecca!) how to take advantage of people who have suffered immensely with dry eye and will do almost anything to fix it,

including

OUR DRY EYE TRIUMPHS 02-Apr-2021, 21:51. MGD cured (hopefully) by using oral antibiotics (azy+dioxy) 29M. by SergioBiasi. Started by SergioBiasi, 25-Feb-2021,

10:53. 4 responses.

ARVO MONDAY MORNING: DRY EYE I Fun fact: While we know MGD is a big cause of dry eye, MGD is much more prevalent amongst Asians (42-68%) than Caucasians (4-31%). Dr Reneker started with some excellent context on how MGD works - the different types (obstruction vs change in quality/quantity of meibum) and also how little is really known about the underlying causes. I

really

SURVEY: SCLERAL LENS WEAR TIME (12/2018) Sometimes cleaning and re-inserting will give me another 3 hours; some days only 1 or 2 hours. The doctor at Boston Sight said the right lens had a good fit, but the right eye was much drier than the left and that was the reason for the difference in wearing time. Usually I can wear then as long as I want. CAN THE PLUGS GO BENEATH THE SURFACE? Hello. I had punctal plugs put in the lowers 11 years ago. Lately my eyes have been bothering me a lot and I had the sense that the punctal plugs were the cause of it. So I went to the doctor who originally put them in and when he looked at my eyes he HOW LONG CAN PRESERVATIVE FREE VIALS BE LEFT OPEN/STORED How long can preservative free vials be left open/stored? 21-May-2010, 09:00. I'm trying to use more and more preservative free artificial tears to combat a recent flare-up of my dry eyes. In the morning when I'm trying to fully hydrate my eyes, I easily can go through the 6 - 7 drops in a vial in a matter of minutes. THE DRY EYE ZONEEMAIL SIGNUPFACEBOOK GROUPSDRY EYE FAQDO I HAVE DRY EYEI HAVE DRY EYE. NOW WHAT In memoriam. Perry Rosenthal MD, founder of Boston Foundation for Sight in 1992, passed away on March 10, 2018. He was dearly loved by his patients, including the many with severe dry eye and corneal neuralgia patients he helped during his long and distinguished career.

Read more.

DRY EYE DRUG PIPELINE OC-01 (Oyster Point) OC-01 is a preservative-free varenicline nasal spray designed to treat both signs and symptoms of dry eye. It is intended to activate the trigeminal parasympathetic pathway to stimulate natural tear production. Oyster Point is expected to file an

NDA in 4Q 2020.

FORUMS - DRY EYE ZONE FORUMS Last Post: 3 months after Lasik regret/depressed. 481. 3,927. 3 months after Lasik regret/depressed. by Aegeus. Today, 10:16. Our dry eye triumphs. Share encouraging experiences, progress reports and stories of physical and emotional healing! Topics: 508 Posts: 4,682. I HAVE SEVERE DRY EYE. HELP! OSHA recommends that humidity at your office not be lower than 20%. Check for vents that may need to be redirected. Moving indoor air is hard on dry eye, just like wind outdoors. Wear moisture chamber glasses while using a computer, especially if you have severe

symptoms.

SURVEY: SCLERAL LENS COSTS Travel, lodging, and meal cost to Boston was and additional $3.000. Now my eye doctor can fit me with scleral lenses which eliminates travel. The scleral lens cost about $1000 apiece verses about $2,000 apiece. It would sure be nice to have some kind of help with covering cost of the use of these lens. TEARCARE: WEARABLE WARM COMPRESSES And they’ve just published a second study. In the original, A novel system, TearCare®, for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease (Badawi, Clinical Ophthalmology, April 2018), they compared a single TearCare treatment with four weeks of warm compresses. A single treatment with the TearCare system, in this clinical trial, demonstrated a sustained and statistically SURVEY: NULIDS IN THE DRYEYESHOP? (2/2019) Xoxo xoxo, $320 for the device, then $1 a day +whatever for shipping for the disposable tips. For crissakes, the NuLids folks realize (as do most dry eye product promoters - not you, Rebecca!) how to take advantage of people who have suffered immensely with dry eye and will do almost anything to fix it,

including

MY TEARS ARE STICKY

My tears are sticky. 19-Jul-2015, 14:57. Does this sound familiar to any of you? I have periodic blurring that is only relieved temporarily by warm rice baggies or more temporarily, by closing my eyes for 10 minutes or so. The blurring can be sort of wiped away, but the tears that I wipe away are thicker and stickier than normal tears.

CURED FROM MGD

Cured from MGD - My Story. 20-Apr-2017, 04:32. Hello. My heart goes out to you who suffer from dry eyes. I lived a normal happy life until I was 20 when it first started for me. I am now 30, but I managed to more or less cure myself by the time I reached 26. RETAINE MGD VS SYSTANCE BALANCE Tweet. #2. 03-Nov-2017, 06:12. Initially my doctor suggested Systane Balance (mineral oil) as a oil/lipid replacement. They prefer preservative free for me but it's the only oil-based drop currently available on NHS prescription here in the UK and they felt that at least the preservative is milder than e.g. BAK etc. Retaine (aka

Cationorm and

THE DRY EYE ZONEEMAIL SIGNUPFACEBOOK GROUPSDRY EYE FAQDO I HAVE DRY EYEI HAVE DRY EYE. NOW WHAT In memoriam. Perry Rosenthal MD, founder of Boston Foundation for Sight in 1992, passed away on March 10, 2018. He was dearly loved by his patients, including the many with severe dry eye and corneal neuralgia patients he helped during his long and distinguished career.

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DRY EYE DRUG PIPELINE OC-01 (Oyster Point) OC-01 is a preservative-free varenicline nasal spray designed to treat both signs and symptoms of dry eye. It is intended to activate the trigeminal parasympathetic pathway to stimulate natural tear production. Oyster Point is expected to file an

NDA in 4Q 2020.

FORUMS - DRY EYE ZONE FORUMS Last Post: 3 months after Lasik regret/depressed. 481. 3,927. 3 months after Lasik regret/depressed. by Aegeus. Today, 10:16. Our dry eye triumphs. Share encouraging experiences, progress reports and stories of physical and emotional healing! Topics: 508 Posts: 4,682. I HAVE SEVERE DRY EYE. HELP! OSHA recommends that humidity at your office not be lower than 20%. Check for vents that may need to be redirected. Moving indoor air is hard on dry eye, just like wind outdoors. Wear moisture chamber glasses while using a computer, especially if you have severe

symptoms.

SURVEY: SCLERAL LENS COSTS Travel, lodging, and meal cost to Boston was and additional $3.000. Now my eye doctor can fit me with scleral lenses which eliminates travel. The scleral lens cost about $1000 apiece verses about $2,000 apiece. It would sure be nice to have some kind of help with covering cost of the use of these lens. TEARCARE: WEARABLE WARM COMPRESSES And they’ve just published a second study. In the original, A novel system, TearCare®, for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease (Badawi, Clinical Ophthalmology, April 2018), they compared a single TearCare treatment with four weeks of warm compresses. A single treatment with the TearCare system, in this clinical trial, demonstrated a sustained and statistically SURVEY: NULIDS IN THE DRYEYESHOP? (2/2019) Xoxo xoxo, $320 for the device, then $1 a day +whatever for shipping for the disposable tips. For crissakes, the NuLids folks realize (as do most dry eye product promoters - not you, Rebecca!) how to take advantage of people who have suffered immensely with dry eye and will do almost anything to fix it,

including

MY TEARS ARE STICKY

My tears are sticky. 19-Jul-2015, 14:57. Does this sound familiar to any of you? I have periodic blurring that is only relieved temporarily by warm rice baggies or more temporarily, by closing my eyes for 10 minutes or so. The blurring can be sort of wiped away, but the tears that I wipe away are thicker and stickier than normal tears.

CURED FROM MGD

Cured from MGD - My Story. 20-Apr-2017, 04:32. Hello. My heart goes out to you who suffer from dry eyes. I lived a normal happy life until I was 20 when it first started for me. I am now 30, but I managed to more or less cure myself by the time I reached 26. RETAINE MGD VS SYSTANCE BALANCE Tweet. #2. 03-Nov-2017, 06:12. Initially my doctor suggested Systane Balance (mineral oil) as a oil/lipid replacement. They prefer preservative free for me but it's the only oil-based drop currently available on NHS prescription here in the UK and they felt that at least the preservative is milder than e.g. BAK etc. Retaine (aka

Cationorm and

DRY EYE DEVICES

FDA cleared (510 (k)) Dec 2016 - ILUX (Tear Film Innovations). For in-office use. Handheld device with heat and pressure therapy for clearing meibomian glands. Nov 2016 - LIPIFLOW Thermal Pulsation System by Johnson & Johnson (prev. TearScience). Lipiflow is designed

to treat MGD.

12-QUESTION DRY EYE SYMPTOM SCORE Answer 12 questions and get a dry eye symptom score (scale of 0-100)! OSDI is a practical, scientifically validated tool. Scoring yourself regularly can help you track your progress, communicate more effectively with your eye doctor(s) and determine whether your treatment plan is working. DRY EYE DRUG PIPELINE OC-01 (Oyster Point) OC-01 is a preservative-free varenicline nasal spray designed to treat both signs and symptoms of dry eye. It is intended to activate the trigeminal parasympathetic pathway to stimulate natural tear production. Oyster Point is expected to file an

NDA in 4Q 2020.

OUR DRY EYE TRIUMPHS 02-Apr-2021, 21:51. MGD cured (hopefully) by using oral antibiotics (azy+dioxy) 29M. by SergioBiasi. Started by SergioBiasi, 25-Feb-2021,

10:53. 4 responses.

SHARE YOUR DRY EYE STORY FOR DRY EYE Share your dry eye story for Dry Eye Awareness Month. For a long time, we've been longing for a way for patients to share their unique dry eye journeys with the rest of the world. We're now excited to announce our newest project: dryeyestories.com. We've spoken to you on the phone, read your emails, Facebook posts, and forum posts. REFRESH PM & LACRI-LUBE Yes, Refresh PM as well as Refresh Lacri-Lube are on backorder at the manufacturer and have been for some months now, so the wholesalers are running out and many retailers are completely out. Yes, the Amazon and eBay scalpers are out in force RESTASIS - HOW TO STORE IT? PLEASE ADVICE. - DRY EYE ZONE Other tips: If it causes you to have redness all day, rather than just right after you apply it, try flushing your firmly closed eyes with water about 15 minutes after using it to clean any residue from it off your eyelashes - for me, if I don't do this, the dried Restasis residue on my lashes seems to leak into my eyes all day long and cause

redness/irritation

LIPIFLOW & IPL SUCCESS RATES (PROS/CONS?) LipiFlow costs around 1k CAD in Toronto, and monthly-IPL costs less than 1k/year (12 treatments in a year, monthly). I recommend you to do both. IPL somehow has the ability to reduce inflammation, I recommend you to do monthly-IPL to reduce inflammation until it is gone. RETAINE MGD LONG TERM Retaine MGD is the same as Cationorm so you should be able to find it in Europe. I originally imported Retaine MGD from US and got hit by customs, then I read the box and saw "Made in France, Novasorb by Santen" etc. and realized Retaine MGD is a US re-brand of Santen's

Cationorm.

BAD SIDE EFFECTS WITH SERUM EYE 15-Dec-2010, 11:53. I tried 20% serum eye drops last month and am unable to use them. Immediately after putting them in, my eyes get significantly bloodshot, my vision blurs, my eyelids begin to swell, and my sinuses get clogged. By the afternoon, after I've used them every fours hours as prescribed, my eyelids are almost swollen closed.

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