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As many of you know, I've been a "rice baggy" convert ever since first trying this treatment for MGD several years ago at the urging of Sandra Brown, an ophthalmologist some of you will remember from our dry eye meeting last February, who has seen many patients successfully control chronic blepharitis/MGD with The Rice Baggy (though I think she calls them Bleph Packs or something).
I am so convinced of the benefits that I finally took this to the next level and decided to see about getting some made commercially. Though "commercially" is not quite the word! I went back to the original supplier, a lady that makes these individually from her home in a tiny town in west Texas.
We worked together to come up with a modified design. I wanted to make sure the materials would be organic, dye-free and so on, and also really wanted to find a good way to keep it clean. (One of the most frequent questions I've had about rice baggies has been... how often do you replace them? To which I am always forced to respond, Do as I say, not as I do
).
What we finally came up with was a rice baggy of a soft woven organic cotton (no dyes, etc). It's about the size of an eyeglass case. It comes with its own little "pillowcover", a slip-on cover made of a lovely organic knit cotton - rather thicker than the woven cotton of the baggy itself but very soft. The cover can be removed and washed as frequently as you want, so you don't have to throw away the baggy itself.
When I got back from my trip I found that my very first little shipment of Rice Baggies had arrived! So for those of you who would like to try one, they will soon be available in The Dry Eye Shop as soon as I get time to write the instructions (e.g. DON'T OVERHEAT; DO ASK YOUR DOCTOR FIRST; etc) and disclaimer (e.g. PRETTY PLEASE DON'T SUE US IF YOU FAIL TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AND BURN YOURSELF) and come up with a name (hmmmm) and a price (ugh).
Meantime... I'm sending out 5 freebies, to the first 5 people who ask. If you'd like to be a guinea pig, please email me your name & address.
I am so convinced of the benefits that I finally took this to the next level and decided to see about getting some made commercially. Though "commercially" is not quite the word! I went back to the original supplier, a lady that makes these individually from her home in a tiny town in west Texas.
We worked together to come up with a modified design. I wanted to make sure the materials would be organic, dye-free and so on, and also really wanted to find a good way to keep it clean. (One of the most frequent questions I've had about rice baggies has been... how often do you replace them? To which I am always forced to respond, Do as I say, not as I do
).What we finally came up with was a rice baggy of a soft woven organic cotton (no dyes, etc). It's about the size of an eyeglass case. It comes with its own little "pillowcover", a slip-on cover made of a lovely organic knit cotton - rather thicker than the woven cotton of the baggy itself but very soft. The cover can be removed and washed as frequently as you want, so you don't have to throw away the baggy itself.
When I got back from my trip I found that my very first little shipment of Rice Baggies had arrived! So for those of you who would like to try one, they will soon be available in The Dry Eye Shop as soon as I get time to write the instructions (e.g. DON'T OVERHEAT; DO ASK YOUR DOCTOR FIRST; etc) and disclaimer (e.g. PRETTY PLEASE DON'T SUE US IF YOU FAIL TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AND BURN YOURSELF) and come up with a name (hmmmm) and a price (ugh).
Meantime... I'm sending out 5 freebies, to the first 5 people who ask. If you'd like to be a guinea pig, please email me your name & address.
Rebecca, please let us know when they'll be available! I can't wait!
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