Mascara - Our Favorite Makeup
Here in the United States, women love mascara. We use it every day. In fact, studies show that women apply mascara nine times a week. That's more than once a day. And, it's the one makeup we just can't live without. It's very important to us, but most of us don't know how to care for our mascara. We don't know when to throw these little beauties out.
Why do I need to throw out my mascara tube?
This is not actually a question I get that often from my patients. But, it's one that I should get, because not many of us women know the answer. Mascara, just like a jug of milk or a loaf of bread, has a shelf life. There are preservatives in it to keep it fresh, but they only last so long.
Mascara is applied to our eyelashes, and then the wand is put right back into the tube. We do thi...
Dry Eye is a Skin Disease?
Dry eye disease is actually a skin disease, not an eye disease. I wanted to say something a little bit shocking to start off in this blog. I want to talk about something that maybe you have never heard before. You've been suffering from dry eye for a long time, you've been searching for someone who could tell you what to do about it, but you've never heard that dry eye disease comes from the skin, not the eyes. This is a new way of thinking about it.
Evaporative Dry Eye
Studies have shown that over 86% of dry eye sufferers have the evaporative type of dry eye. Evaporative dry eye means not producing enough oils in the tears, which would cover the tear film and prevent the watery part of the tears from evaporating out into the air.
These oils come from oil glands that line the inside...
