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[Dove]

My ophthalmologist told me to "blink with purpose" when using electronics. I was confused at first but when I started paying attention to blinking more often and actually closing my eyes I found it helped.

[ananamu]

What I liked about your vid was that you got to the point without laborious back story ....there was just enough of the reasoning given and why solutions worked big thank you

[geoffreystone]

One thing you haven’t mentioned is bad fitting sleep apnea masks. These can provide air flow across the eyes.

[TrasheyeGym]

Anxiety/Stress/depression. Always left out

[ugraugra]

From my experience I would add those tips:
1) try to sleep 1 extra hour and focus on getting quality sleep. Ideally go sleep earlier. See if it makes your dry eyes better
2) if you work with PC, try to move it away from you so the hot air from the PC is not coming to your eyes (for example during online video calls your PC produces a lot of hot air). I just put my desktop PC on the other side of my room and use long cables
3) for me more important than omega 3 was Vitamin D3. Supplement at least 6000 IU per day for 3 months and see if it makes any difference. It helped me with inflammation and I dont get so many meibomian glands plugs anymore. You can safely go up to 10000 IU per day.

[joycemjinx]

Adding a humidifier and using Systane has worked well for me. BecausecI have allergies I have always washed my lashes every morning and dry with fluffy tiwel. Easier than buying another special product!

[annarose]

Why recommend eye lid wipes with retinol in it? It’s known to harm meibomian glands. The Hylawipes have retinyl palmitate in them.

[claudiamiller]

“Reach for the first eye drops you see on the shelf” is more likely “Reach for eye drops that are the most economical”!! Definately been guilty of that!!💕

[sueroberts]

Eye consultant in Aylesbury Bucks hospital strongly advised ONLY to use tepid water with a pinch of clean salt added as an eyewash. 😢

[jewel]

I got the eye lid wipes and it has helped a lot. The first use made my eyelids feel clean and had a soothing feeling. I still need to get a moisturizing drop that works.

[shizam]

Best tip for blepharitis. Very hot wet cloth kept on eyes for several seconds. Wash face and eye area with Dermol cream. Daily. It’s worked for me!

[dotjeff]

I had eyelash mites that migrated to my cornea and were eating it. I had no symptoms so was lucky to go to the eye doctor who detected it. She gave me an expensive tea tree oil foaming soap. After using it I started to make my own foaming soap with a tea tree oil liquid soap.

[deborah]

Thank you so much Dr. Allen, I'm guilty of 3 of the subjects you mentioned. Too much screen time, not cleansing my eyelashes and ignoring my RA. My eyes are killing me, hopefully with the recommendations you add my eyes will get better.

[CAEO]

“Tightlining” with eyeliner can cause dry eye. A lot of women use an eyeliner along the waterline and also smudge it between their eyelashes to make their eyes look more intense. I don’t think it’s a problem if you do it every now and then, but some women do it daily.

[UnstoppableVi]

Also, see if you can treat allergy issues. That made a big difference for my dry eyes, although I was skeptical it would. Hormonal changes can contribute too (thankful for HRT!).

[brydanrogers]

I’m confused. I have eye allergies and dry eye. I’ve started using pataday to calm down the inflammation due to allergies (which dry my eyes out) but it contains BAK. Similarly, allaway preservative free is also apparently not great for dry eye. What can I use for my eye allergies that doesn’t worsen dry eye? I don’t want to leave it untreated, but don’t want to harm my dry eye while trying to treat it

[DayAndNightTo]

1- blink when you are focusing on reading
2- clean the fat in eyelid using tissue with water

[melaniephillips]

What about eye make up, especially mascara and dark kohl pencils to outline the eyes? If you remove it before bed, and cleanse your eyelashes, is that enough?

[Barbaralee]

Running a humidifier at low level overnight has helped.

[danielkramer]

Thanks for a fantastic video chock full of information and resources. On the subject of creating an inflammatory response in the body, alcohol is not the only offender. Sugar is probably the worst, which alcohol contains, but also wheat products, including...pizza! Staying away from refined carbohydrates is always a good idea. That includes pasta, bread, alcohol, sugar. So, your puffy eyes could be caused not by just the beer but the pizza. There are other reasons why typical bread products are to be avoided, especially wheat.