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How to Soothe your Allergy Eyes when you already have Dry Eye

Apr 16, 2020
 

Springtime is a beautiful time of year with the birds chirping and flowers beginning to bloom.  However, it can be the worst time of year for dry eye sufferers.  Allergens on top of eyes that are already red and sore can be a nightmare.  

Eye allergy symptoms include itching, watering, redness, and swelling.  Those symptoms would be piled on top of the dry eye symptoms you are already feeling like irritation and fluctuating vision.  Use these tips to soothe your allergy symptoms this spring.

Eliminate the Pollen

Keeping the pollen out of your clothes, hair, skin, and eyes is a great first step in helping your symptoms.  I wrote a blog about this subject recently.  Review it here for some best practices to keep the pollen out of your home, your bed, your eyes, and off of your contact l...

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3 Tips I learned from an Oculoplastic Surgeon

Aug 13, 2019
 
Recently, I had the honor of visiting with a friend of mine in his office.  Dr. Bryan Vekovius is an oculoplastic surgeon in Shreveport, Louisiana.  Here are three of the tips he taught me about dry eyes.
 

Tip 1: Dry Eye Treatment should include  Eye Lid Treatment

 
Dry eye is not a lack of water disease.  As an eyelid specialist, Dr. Vekovius explained that dry eye is caused mostly from dysfunction in our eyelids.  The oils produced inside the lids should be excreted into the tear film upon blinking.  When the oil gland is not producing enough oil, or the oil not being released from the lids, the end result is dry eyes.
 
That is why in my four-step process for treating dry eye two of the steps deal with the eyelids.  It is important to cleanse the lids daily. We do not want to use...
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