#191: How to Get Rid of Eye Irritation from Makeup
In the last blog, I shared with you the ways in which your eye makeup could be causing dry eye disease. If you missed it, please click here. In this blog, I will discuss three ways you can treat your eyes when the dryness eye disease is attributed to makeup.
No. 1) AVOID TOXIC INGREDIENTS
The United States bans only 11 ingredients from the product lists of cosmetics. However, the European Union bans over 1600. Many of your favorite products contain ingredients that are toxic to the ocular surface.
In order to avoid toxins, you will need to start reading ingredient labels. I’ve compiled a list of the ingredients you need to eliminate from your makeup in this handy list. You can download the list here. These are particularly toxic to your eyes.
No. 2) REMOVE YOUR MAKEUP
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#188: LipiFlow: A Treatment for Dry Eye Relief
LipiFlow is an in-office treatment for dry eye disease to reduce the scratchiness and irritation of the eye. The device is used to loosen the oils that may be trapped on the oil glands in you eyelids. These glands are called meibomian glands, and when the oils inside of them get trapped, we call it meibomian gland disease.
During the treatment the trapped oils are melted and released from the glands. The oils are able to come out onto the front surface of your eye, protect your tears from drying out and give you stable vision that doesn't fluctuate when you're blinking. The procedure also calms down the redness, irritation, and eliminates that scratchy feeling that you might be having on your eyes.
Since I've been performing LipiFlow treatments in my office for years, I'm going to sh...
#186: Ivizia: A New Ingredient in Artificial Tears for the U.S.
Ivizia is a new over-the-counter artificial tear that's just hit the U.S. market in 2022. It's different from any other tears on the market before. This is an artificial tear, so it's an over-the-counter product that you can pick up at your drugstore or local pharmacy.
#1) Ivizia has two great ingredients for your dry eyes.
Hyaluronic Acid
Now I know all you ladies know about hyaluronic acid (or HA) is because you love it when it's an ingredient in your skincare products. HA binds water to your cells and puffs them up and makes them more plump. You love having HA on your face so that your skin looks dewey and fresh.
You'll love this same ingredient on your eyes as well. The HA will bind moisture to the front surface of your eyes and make them feel more comfor...
#183: Best Dry Eye Products for your Valentine
Happy Valentine's Day! Let's talk about your next Valentine's Day gift. I suggest treating your eyes like your Galentine.
You know that I love eyes, right? I talk about them all the time. They are very precious to me, and I take really good care of my eyes. I like to keep them hydrated. I cleanse them. I use the best products in, on, and around them, so that they serve me well. So, I'm going to share some of my favorite products for you so you can think about getting your eyes a Valentine's Day gift.
#1) Hydrate Your Eyes
A new preservative-free artificial tear just hit the market called Ivizia. I love Ivizia because it has two ingredients that are super hydrating.
- Hyaluronic acid: it draws water to your eyes and holds it
- Trehelose: is a compund that protects against dry...
#181: Best Dry Eye Relief Tips of 2022
At the end of each year, I like to review the blog and find the best tips from the whole year and put them together in one place. This year, choosing just 3 was particularly hard. There were so many great things to talk about this year. So, I may end up doing more than Best of episode.
In this blog, I want to focus on the best dry eye relief tips we talked about this year. There were 3 that stood out to me:
- How to get dry eye relief without using eye drops
- Alternatives to Lash Lengthening Mascara
- Redness relief when you have Dry Eyes
These 3 stand out as giving some great Dry Eye relief tips that can be used all year long. Let's Review:
#1) Can you Get Dry Eye Relief without Using Eye Drops (Blog #171)
Even if you hate putting drops in your eyes, or even touching your eyes in ge...
#180: How to get Dry Eye Relief in the Winter Season
I like to refer to the winter season as Dry Eye Season to my patients. In most parts of the country, winter is the driest season. When the temperature is cold outside, the moisture comes out of the air. Then, we turn our heaters on indoors to combat those cooler temps. Now, the indoor air is dry as well.
It is important this time of year to provide your eyes with extra moisture. I like to think about hydrating my eyes in 3 ways:
Check out these easy steps you can take to get Dry Eye Relief this Winter...
#1) Hydrate from the Inside
Make sure you are continuing to do the things that are good for your eyes and your health during the winter season. Continuing to take your omega 3 fatty acid supplement is a great idea. I hav...
#179: The Best Makeup Looks for Dry Eye Relief
The makeup that you put around our eyes matters. You can look great and take care of your eyes so that at the end of the night, your makeup is not streaming down your face. No one wants to have red and irritated eyes during the party and especially not the next day either.
I've got 4 great products to make your holiday makeup look great. And, it will be healthy for your eyes as well. All you need is: eye shadow, eye liner, mascara, and eye brow gel. You'll be ready to step out to any holiday affair.
#1) Eye Shadow
There are a couple of things to avoid when using eye shadow.
Do not use GLITTERY eyeshadow. The glitter can fall into your eyes and create microscopic scratches on your eye. Your eyes will be red and irritated from it. If you need the glitter to make you FEEL GLAM, us...
#177: 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
Happy Holidays! I hope this is a great time of year for you. I understand how hectic gift giving and shopping can be. I want to make it easier for you to choose gifts that you know your friends will love, and they're healthy for their eyes.
This holiday season, give gifts that support good vision. These gifts are great to give tp your mother, your sister, your best friend that would be super special, awesome, and help their dry eyes.
I want everyone with dry eyes to receive the gift of comfortable eyes and good vision. Dry eyes can be soothed and pampered just like sore muscles. I've got some really great gifts that'll help you to pamper not only your loved one, but also your peepers.
#1) Umay Rest
The Umay REST device is portable, convenient, and easy to use. The preset routine...
#176: Thankful for Dry Eye Relief
I wanted to continue to review a few of the new innovations that I am thankful for in 2022. This one is a new prescription medication that was FDA approved almost exactly one year ago. It is used to treat both the signs and the symptoms of dry eye disease. And, that is super important.
Tyrvaya is the first and only nasal spray that's FDA approved to treat the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. It's a nasal spray that we use to stimulate a nerve in the nose which sends a signal back to the eye to tell it to produce a full bodied robust tear. This is not just a reflex tear because something irritated you. The medication helps increase the volume of tears in your eyes. And, it increases the harmony on your eye because it is increasing all of the components of the tears not just add
...#172: Myth #1 - Dry Eye symptoms will go away on their own
Today, I'm going to talk to you about the first of three myths about dry eye disease. Stay tuned over the coming weeks for the other two myths.
Myth #1:
Dry Eye Disease symptoms will just go away on their own.
Truth:
Dry eye is a disease. It's called dry eye disease (DED). And, it's chronic and progressive just like other disease that you might have, like diabetes or high blood pressure.
DED is chronic. You will need to treat it for a lifetime. It doesn't just go away on its own. So it needs to be treated long term. It's best to make simple shifts to your lifestyle to treat it. If you make your treatment regimen a part of your daily care routine (like you do for brushing your teeth) it is easy to do it over your lifetime.
Check out the 4-simple steps of daily dry eye care here. ...
