For many of us, Spring not only brings sunshine, warmer weather, and beautiful new flowers, it also brings pollen.  This pollen can cause tons of symptoms like sneezing as well as red, watery, itchy eyes.  Allergens can make us feel miserable.  Here are 3 tips to alleviate your allergy symptoms this spring.

Tip 1: Keep the pollen out

Eliminating the amount of pollen indoors is important in controlling your allergy symptoms.  The fewer irritants you have around your eyes, the less irritated your eyes will be.  When there is so much pollen that it coats our cars with a yellow frost, how do we keep it out:

Wear an outer layer of clothes like a raincoat with a hood.  Leave it in the garage or laundry room.  Don't bring the pollen into your home.

Take a shower before going to bed at ni...

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...

It’s summertime! We are all glad to be out in the sunshine and enjoying ourselves outdoors. Many patients tell me they would like to wear their contact lenses more in the summer so they can wear their sunglasses.  Also, since most climates are a little less dry in the summer, dry eye sufferers find they can tolerate their contact lenses better this time of year. 

With wearing your contact lenses more of the time, there are a few things to keep in mind.  We will go over: the golden rule, the best cleaner to use for your contact lenses, and how to clean your lenses properly.   

The Golden Rule 

Since you are wearing your contact lenses more often in the summer it is important to remember the Golden Rule about contact lenses.  If you have read my book, Alleviate Dry Eye, you know there is ...