tranquileyes nightwear

[mati]

I made myself an eye mask yesterday from a two circles of silk lying around, with parcel tape on the outside and knicker elastic to keep it on. Silk is supposed to be healing. It works great keeping the moisture in and cost nothing. I am well chuffed

[PotatoCakes]

I have them. In the beginning, I liked them as it was the first nighttime relief I found (ointments & genteal weren't enough). After a bit of use, I stopped liking them as much because I found it difficult to sleep wearing them because I prefer to sleep on my stomach. Eventually I saw a post that mentioned wearing plastic wrap over eyes at night and while it's not perfect, I can sleep on my stomach.

[mati]

My home made (googles rather) are excellent and my eyes on waking were moister than when I wore tranquileyes and were much more comfortable. I will make another pair in the formof a mask and see if it is better.

[jasonsmith]

Wow, so sorry to hear that. They shouldn't have an odor, that's odd? Possibly washing the foam with some kind of soap you tolerate really well might help? Some people truly cannot tolerate that foam though for one reason or another, either skin sensitivity or whatever. I know some people line it with plastic wrap, but it doesn't work for everyone. Or maybe a natural fabric like a muslin liner over it? Most places they're sold let you return it for any reason too....

I've been really pleased to see how many people do as well, or almost as well, with the Onyix & Quartz silicone shields as with Tranquileyes. For some people definitely not enough protection but for others it seems to be just about right. There are also people coming up with their own jury-rigged hybrids, fitting the Onyix out with say a half-thickness Tranquileyes pad in the center or trimmed to size.

I think that would be great if they made it. Something built like the Onyx, but functions like the Tranquileyes with the moisture pads.

[Max]

I was causing a blepharitis by using a regular sleep mask. It did help to some extent but would slip off in the night. Most of the time it was sitting up on my forehead. I could not tape my lids shut because I get up to go the bathroom too often. I desperately needed a solution designed for my problem.

One of my eyes does not fully close despite surgery, so natural eye activity during sleep exacerbates the pain of the dry eye. I would wake up five times a night to grab for the tube of lubricant in quiet desperation, and my eyes were very sore.

Rebecca spoke with my husband on the phone and suggested I try the Tranquileyes BASIC Kit
Tranquileyes goggle, spare foamset and mesh washbag AND the Onyx goggles.

The Onyx clearly were not going to work. They let in a lot of air and light and did not hold my lid shut. Rebecca told me to return them.

While I've only used the tranquileyes for about two weeks, I don't wake up in pain as I ALWAYS did post Lasik three years ago. This appears to be an excellent solution - the only issue being the design of the band which holds the goggles around the head. It stretches out and needs an new engineering design.

Cleanliness is a major issue with this type of goggle. If the foam inserts are not properly cleaned they could end up causing a flare up of bleparhitis. As soon as I wake up, my husband soaks the removable foam inserts in boiled cooled distilled water with a drop of alcohol and then rinses them in the distilled water and squeezes them thoroughly before storing them for the next night.

We tried wetting the foam with boiled distilled water but it tended to drip and felt too wet and cold. Now we are wetting the foam inserts with Unisol 4, the saline solution I use in my Jupiter schleral lenses.

The moistened foam holds the lids closed and keeps them hydrated. I can tighten one side a little more than the other, addressing the eye that doesn't fully close. I am very comfortable. I don't even know I'm wearing them during the night and they do not slip off. Sometimes I just have to readjust them to fit back in place so that the eye is properly weighted, but that's a small price to pay for what they do.

My husband still wakes me up to put the tubed Genteal gel (not the one with petroleum jelly which is miserably irritating) in my eyes about two or sometimes three times nightly.

Between the transquileyes goggles, the moisture held against my eyes, and the Genteal gel drops in the middle of the night, I'm sleeping much better and my eyes look much less red.

I do not sleep on my stomach as was noted by one person here for whom these did not work. I sleep on my sides and I have no problems at all with comfort. I don't even notice them.

In the morning I use an eye scrub and warm water compress to clean my lids and my face thoroughly before insertng the Jupiter lenses.

My lids are still red but they aren't as angry looking as they used to be all the time. I'm optimistic that the lenses will ultimately be a Godsend. The fitting process and time waiting for the next set of lenses can be frustrating but even when the lenses are not working 100%, one can sense how much these will ultimately change my life.

I want to thank Rebecca for helping us choose the right goggles and for sending us both types to try and assuring us she'd take back the ones that didn't work for a full refund. I'm looking at other helpful options in the dryeyeshop here, like the containers of eye scrub rather than the little packets. For example, I need high quality reading glasses and protection from air and I'm light sensitive. Yet dark sunglasses end up making me near blind.

This is a process and it takes patience but I've gotten more help here than from three different Ophthalmologists (who basically don't have a clue or were actually irresponsible, and my current optometrist who is very likely fitting her first patient with Jupiter schleral lenses for acute dry eye.

I'm really thankful to have found this site.

[Rowanberry]

I've found that some pillows are better for using with the tranquileyes than others. I sleep on my side and found I am best with a japanese buckwheat pillow. I make a little depression for the side of my goggles so they don't get pushed towards my nose, clutch my paper hanky to wipe any drips of water that run down my cheek and sleep without the fear of waking up with a scream at yet another erosion

I also use eye cream on my eyebrows and cheeks bones so that the foam doesn't rub (other creams sting when they get in your eyes).

Also found that the blue heat pads can cut under the side foam and loosen it so I now have one set only for use with those and another for during the night. I now have another set that I keep in an emergency kit I carry with me everywhere which has my googles and enough eye drops for a few days with contact details for my eye consultant and instructions on what to do if I am unconscious. My eyes are much better than they were by very careful treatments and I do not want the pain of RCEs if I am in an accident.

This site is literally a life saver as I do not know how much longer I could have stood the pain and lack of sleep after six years of diminishing hope.

R.