My patients will sometimes tell me that they can’t wear contact lenses because their eyes are too dry.  There have been tons of innovations in both contact lenses and contact lens care in recent years.  For the most part, the idea that you can't wear contact lenses when you have dry eyes is a myth.  

Sometimes, not being able to wear contact lenses will be a short period of time while you are undergoing dry eye treatment is true for a short while.  But, my goal is always to find a way to get my patients back into contact lenses or have some kind of refractive surgery, if they are a good candidate - read this blog here.  Some patients do need to take breaks from their contact lenses because of years of abuse they have put their eyes through.  These are the three worst things patients can d...

1. Sleeping with it

Tip 1: Revitalize your Eyes

Tip 1: Dry Eye Treatment should include  Eye Lid Treatment

TIP 1 

In recent years, there has been an obsession with having long and full eyelashes in fashion and it has penetrated mainstream society.  I think we have always wanted to have long, full lashes.  We associate these long, fluttery lashes with beauty.  And, in the last 5 - 7 years tons of lash salons have popped up in every city. 

Many of my friends and patients ask me questions about eyelash enhancers and ways they can get their lashes to look longer and more full.   And, I think it is time to have that conversation here.  But, I realized that we needed to have a discussion about developing your own healthy set of lashes first.   

 Before you start thinking about making your lashes longer, you need to know whether or not your lashes are healthy.  There may be a reason your lashes aren't as f...

White, bright eyes are a sign of health and beauty in our society.  More so, having eyes that are constantly red and irritated looking is a reason for significant embarrassment at work or in social settings.  No one wants their co-workers asking if they have had enough sleep last night, or if you are feeling okay because you don’t look so well.  Worse yet, we don’t want people speculating behind our backs that we may have been out late drinking last night.     

Having dry, sensitive eyes is a chronic condition.  And, although you may be working on restoring your own eyes to health through the 4-step plan I provide for you in my book, Alleviate Dry Eye, you could be experiencing a temporary flare up in your dry eyes.  Click here to purchase your own copy of the book.   

These flare-ups ca...