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.
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
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.
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.
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,
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
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! :)
I am currently using Restasis twice a day. I have great results but hearing the comment about the cost over time, I calculated that over the past 12 years, if I used the drops as directed, my insurance company and I would have spent $97,000.00 on this treatment and I need to use them for the rest of my life. Since my doctor told me I could use one dropper a day for both AM and PM doses, that does save half of the cost.
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!
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.
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.
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).
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!
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?
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.
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 😢
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!
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
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).
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?
Very informative video. Thank's a lot. Have you heard about the E-Eye Treatment (IPRL)? I suffer from MGD (where the glands hardly produce oil). I am getting this treatment right now. Next week will be my second treatment. After the first one, nothing has been changed yet. How would your rate it against regular IPL?
My left eye has been in excruciating pain and now is watering. I also have problems each morning with bith eyelids and they don't want to open literally. There's not debris or crust around the lashes. I've checked. I've tried two different eye drops one of them for digital eye relief the other fir moisture only. Plus I use eye lid wipes. Desperate for relief especially with the eye pain.
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
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,
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!
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
Hi, I did bought eye drops, compressor eye gel....but I'm Diagnosed with chronic depression. Implants. I'm unfit to work. Its to expensive to buy all......😢
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?
My optometrist also prescribed some steroid drops for me recently. But then I found out how it can cause cataract and increase eye pressure, I stopped right after the first day of usage. Too spooked out, don’t want more problems! It also made my eyes look super super white 😅
Smart! Unfortunately, when I was a child, the eye specialist of this and by the age of 30 I had a cataract amongst other issues due to the steroids messing with my growth, and my hormones 😢
Yes I was the same. Stopped after 2x with steroid eye drops. I didn’t even need it. I used warm sterilised water in soft pads to clean eyes and cool sterilised water on pads to bring down inflamation. need to watch some professionals. Google the products.
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.
I tried scleral lenses and HATE them! I’d rather die. They are extremely difficult to place and remove-doing so is very time-consuming and such a hassle.
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 suffer from MGD (glands don't produce much oil). My viaion is impaired, can't see sharp on my right eye anymore even though I'm wearing brand new glasses. I'm doing warm compresses +massage+cleaning twice a day now. In the evening, I use one of those "bathtubs" for eyes. I hardly can see any oil coming out of the glands. Should I continue? Have you heard about or even tried the new Blephasteam? It's said to be revolutionary for MGD. Would you recommend those contact lenses you discussed about? Can they help me to get my vision back? Thanks a ton for all of those helpful videos of yours.
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?
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 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 wish I saw this earlier. I spent $50 or so dollars out of pocket for eye drops and assistive tools to put them in- the magic finger, the little precision shooters, all that. None of these could concur the trauma of eye drops for me. When I was small a whole crew of people held me down as I squirmed and put burning eye drops in my eyes. Even as a full grown adult trying to get eye drops in a completely non-threatening situation my eyes couldn’t stop making tears I was so scared. Lady just said to forget the drops if it’s causing me this much distress. Newest doctor just did the simple eye drops script and sent me on my way. I am not very wealthy, and I don’t really have easy access to running water. The cornea bending massages kind of scare me? I think maybe I’ll trying the omega supplements since they’ll help other stuff and pills are so easy for me. Other specialty things are tbd, the eyelid wipes sounds nice although I’m not sure if my dry eyes are from that, and i can’t really get it at the big Rx stores
I also wish i didn’t Chuck this electric toothbrush i had away because of the neuro stimulation. Assuming a bullet vibrator would probably be too intense lol!
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.
Thank you
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.
So true! I talked about this in my last live. Thanks for commenting this.
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.
Lasik ruined my life. The worst decision ever. Suffer from dry eye now.
Of course the most beneficial treatments is the most costly and not covered by insurance..😭
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
Great video probably suffered from dry eyes most of my life! 😭
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 😁
TO BAD I CANT USE ANYTHING BUT JUST PLAIN WATER FOR MY EYE LIDS
@@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.
Dry eye ruined my life! I wish I knew this long time ago. Thank you for the video.
Sorry to hear this! Hopefully you have found a treatment that helps.
@@DrEyeGuyhi Dr. do u think there is one day a cure for dry eye disease with stem cells ?
Agree 💯...mines as well
So does mine, I don’t go out anymore it’s a sad existence 😢 and my insurance doesn’t help at all
Completely destroyed my life too. Calling it dry eye, is no where near the horror it really is
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.
Wow, you guys gave me more info than my actual eye doctor. Thanks!
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,
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
@@user-dm7bu4gq5l my eyes also felt gritty and like there was something in them that I couldn’t clean out. But after the doxy that all went away.
@@user-dm7bu4gq5l hey, somebody deleted my comments, unsure why
This video was very helpful for me 💯😊.... with me suffering from dry eyes can be very frustrating sometimes 💯🙏
I'm glad it could help! 💯 agree, dry eye can be very frustrating!
Wow, What a helpful video! Thank you for sharing about dry eye disease and treatments!
Any opinions on natural remedies such as massaging castor oil on eyelids?
Nice to see you do a collaboration with another doctor.
Thanks! Dr. Smith has been a good friend of mine for a long time. Great guy and great doctor.
Omg, thank you so much.
This was so educational!!! I have horrible Dry Eyes.
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.
Thank you so much for doing these videos! ❤
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.
Similasan eye drops are the best. Eyebright in some of them. I suck up castor oil, colloidal silver up inside for added benefits.
@@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!
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.
Similasan eye drops are the best. Eyebright in some of them. I suck up castor oil, colloidal silver up inside for added benefits..
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.
Similasan eye drops are the best. Eyebright in some of them. I suck up castor oil, colloidal silver up inside for added benefits.
Thanks SO much for all your great info👀
This was awesome! Thank you both!
You're welcome. I'm so glad it was helpful!
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! :)
Whats the name of the video ???
Please collab with more eye doctors. Very nice to hear different perspectives.
Good to know... I'll work on that. This video was a fun one to make.
thanks for all infos taking good care of d yes.
I am currently using Restasis twice a day. I have great results but hearing the comment about the cost over time, I calculated that over the past 12 years, if I used the drops as directed, my insurance company and I would have spent $97,000.00 on this treatment and I need to use them for the rest of my life. Since my doctor told me I could use one dropper a day for both AM and PM doses, that does save half of the cost.
Very helpful video had dry eyes for years thanks
Thank you it’s very important information help me how take care my dry eye.
You are so welcome!
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!
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,
Thank you for watching my videos. You have to let me know how the acupressure goes.... you have me curious.
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 😊
Thanks for the video! Very insightful. Can you share what types of food that is good? E.g Spinach, Avcado etc? (consisting of A-vitamins).
I also was curious why autologous serum eye drops were not included in this video. It’s something that I use & think is very helpful.
Similasan eye drops are the best. Eyebright in some of them. I suck up castor oil, colloidal silver up inside for added benefits.
@@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.
Great info! 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.
What about punctal plugs are they good or do they cause other problems?
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).
Thank you for sharing!
Thank you great info, ❤
Great ideas! Thanks
I've been using Corena care disposable eye masks
This video was very helpful for me❤
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!
A very informative video Doctor
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?
The best optometrists out there!
Dan!
@@DrEyeGuy Neal you guys are so good!
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.
“Ointment” is a little vague. Actually a lot vague.
I use 100% organic castor oil in glass bottle, one drop in each eye
Food grade castor oil
Green tea compresses awesome
This video gives me hope! I'm investing in good omega 3 supplements, a warm compress mask and some eyelid hygiene products. Cheers!
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 😢
Hi, IPL is available in Famington Hills at ‘Professional Contact Lens’ Dr Elias
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!
how many treatments did you do before you got benefit?
Good to hear!
Glad to hear. I'm 2 treatments in--- hope I get similar results
What about prp eye drops, also can tretinoin make dry eye worse?
Valuable information! What do you think about Punctal Cauterization? Is it effective?
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.
Thank you! @@DrEyeGuy
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
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❤
Thank you for sharing! It really can be tricky to figure out which treatments works for each person.
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).
Thank u. Moved back to Vegas 6 months ago and had major dry eyes and sometimes mouth when I wake up.
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?
Very informative video. Thank's a lot. Have you heard about the E-Eye Treatment (IPRL)? I suffer from MGD (where the glands hardly produce oil). I am getting this treatment right now. Next week will be my second treatment. After the first one, nothing has been changed yet. How would your rate it against regular IPL?
What brand of omega 3 supplements to use? And also how many mg?
My left eye has been in excruciating pain and now is watering. I also have problems each morning with bith eyelids and they don't want to open literally. There's not debris or crust around the lashes. I've checked. I've tried two different eye drops one of them for digital eye relief the other fir moisture only. Plus I use eye lid wipes. Desperate for relief especially with the eye pain.
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
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,
How many of the DRE omegas should you take per day?
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!
Yes, I am curious also about the serum drops made from own blood. My Dr. has me on Restasis, thank god ins. payed.
Excellent! TY!
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 take cod liver oil in a capsule. I believe in the most natural products if at all possible
Wow! Thanks!
We just need something that will work and not just keep drying out the eyes more when using eye drops
Similasan eye drops are the best. Eyebright in some of them. I suck up castor oil, colloidal silver up inside for added benefits.
I’m using colloidal silver not sure if it works
Hi, I did bought eye drops, compressor eye gel....but I'm Diagnosed with chronic depression. Implants. I'm unfit to work. Its to expensive to buy all......😢
The 20 -20-20, gish oil,warm pad very good
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?
My optometrist also prescribed some steroid drops for me recently. But then I found out how it can cause cataract and increase eye pressure, I stopped right after the first day of usage. Too spooked out, don’t want more problems! It also made my eyes look super super white 😅
Smart! Unfortunately, when I was a child, the eye specialist of this and by the age of 30 I had a cataract amongst other issues due to the steroids messing with my growth, and my hormones 😢
My eye specialist put me on a regimen using a steroid drop… sorry, I was using voice to text & at totally misunderstood me lol
@@Libra_moon76 So sorry to hear that 😿I hope you are able to sort this out.
Yes I was the same. Stopped after 2x with steroid eye drops. I didn’t even need it. I used warm sterilised water in soft pads to clean eyes and cool sterilised water on pads to bring down inflamation. need to watch some professionals. Google the products.
I am getting dry eyes after cataract surgery, what would be the best thing to do for my situation.
How many milligrams of omega-3 vitamins should I order?
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.
I put compresses twice a day then massage them according to your video
Whatever works. I found warm compres 4x day at 104 degrees very good 7:00
Thanks great video. I find moisture chamber glasses effective - particularly in air conditioning and with fans.
What is your opinion?
I agree, that's where I think they help the best.
I tried scleral lenses and HATE them! I’d rather die. They are extremely difficult to place and remove-doing so is very time-consuming and such a hassle.
It's definitely a bigger learning curve.
Er, bit extreme
After trans prk which is the best lubricant eyes drops.
What about the prescription Vascipa?
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 have TN too from a tooth extraction. Have wondered the same thing as I’ve had so many eye problems as well.
@@VEERODPHX really?! Upper molar? We need a support group! Have you sued the dentist? I’m out of pocket going on $6k for all the treatments!
What is your opinion on presser vision vitamins
Or Areds?
✨THANK YOU ✨
I suffer from MGD (glands don't produce much oil). My viaion is impaired, can't see sharp on my right eye anymore even though I'm wearing brand new glasses.
I'm doing warm compresses +massage+cleaning twice a day now. In the evening, I use one of those "bathtubs" for eyes. I hardly can see any oil coming out of the glands. Should I continue? Have you heard about or even tried the new Blephasteam? It's said to be revolutionary for MGD.
Would you recommend those contact lenses you discussed about? Can they help me to get my vision back?
Thanks a ton for all of those helpful videos of yours.
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?
How can diet help if your dry eye is MGD caused by Accutane?
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 will beat my dry eyes with suicide soon 😢
@@islakaythanks...didn't know this..plus the bacteria that is in the drops...making people blind 😢
I watch all your videos. I have dry eye problem. I have also undergone punctal cautery
Did the punctal cautery work at all?
I need help my Left eye have been tearing for the last 2 years ...i have been using medicine and there is no change....how can you plz help me.....😢
try omega 3 supplement at least 3 grams a day and see how you go
Do you wipe eyes after warm compresses?
What happened to similasan eye drops they were the best natural drops can’t believe got recalled
what’s your view on undertaking icl on someone that has moderate dry eye (8sec TBUT, 7mm schirmer)
What’s your thoughts on radio frequency?
I am interested in the IPL tx. Does it “cure” dry eye? Could I stop using Restasis?
Thanks!
Wow! Thank you so much! So Thankful for you!
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 wish I saw this earlier.
I spent $50 or so dollars out of pocket for eye drops and assistive tools to put them in- the magic finger, the little precision shooters, all that. None of these could concur the trauma of eye drops for me.
When I was small a whole crew of people held me down as I squirmed and put burning eye drops in my eyes. Even as a full grown adult trying to get eye drops in a completely non-threatening situation my eyes couldn’t stop making tears I was so scared. Lady just said to forget the drops if it’s causing me this much distress.
Newest doctor just did the simple eye drops script and sent me on my way.
I am not very wealthy, and I don’t really have easy access to running water. The cornea bending massages kind of scare me?
I think maybe I’ll trying the omega supplements since they’ll help other stuff and pills are so easy for me.
Other specialty things are tbd, the eyelid wipes sounds nice although I’m not sure if my dry eyes are from that, and i can’t really get it at the big Rx stores
I also wish i didn’t Chuck this electric toothbrush i had away because of the neuro stimulation. Assuming a bullet vibrator would probably be too intense lol!
Where is Manuka honey gel ? 🤔
I should have put that in there. I have a full video on manuka honey though.
@@DrEyeGuy Yes I already watched 99.9% of your videos , thats why I am asking 😁
@@eliajanineh thank you! There were a bunch of other treatments that I wanted to add, but I wanted to limit the video down to 20 min.
I use a sterile water eye wash. Any down side to this practice?
How about low level light therapy?
For me, doxycycline 40 mg MR once daily has been excellent.