New heated baggie available in the UK

[eva b]

I hope it is OK to make this post here, and not wishing to create competition for Rebecca's splendid offerings in the Dry Eye Shop, but I wanted to share this info.

(Rebecca: if you feel this is inappropriate, please delete and I won't tke offence)

My wonderful optometrist gave me a copy of an article from his Optician journal the other day...about a microwaveable baggie invented by a consultant opthalmologist here in the UK!!!

He invented it, and it is now being sold through quite a number of opticians all over the country, a well as mail order direct from www.eyebagcompany.com.

I went out and bought one straight away, costs £20, and I think it's very similar to the rice baggie, except it's filled with flax seed. I've only had it for a couple of days, but I believe I can already feel the benefits in terms of melting solidified meibomian fluid.

This consultant sounds absolutely great...works in Yorkshire...and obviously has a great interest and sympathy for dry eye patients. Apparently, certain NHS trusts actually give them to dry eye patients attending their clinics, so if you happen to live in Hillingdon,Hull, Halifax, Bradford or Cardiff you get it for free!!

for the first time in my life I wish I lived in Yorkshire, so he could be my specialist

[Rebecca Petris]

Please don't hesitate to post things like this... I'm very glad to hear it! The more products on the market the better, and the more people interested in making them the better!

[NYer]

I love that they have a picture of a woman in a slinky, lacey, black evening gown with the eye bag over her eyes. I know I always dress in evening-wear to do my lid massage.
Oh, you Brits are so fancy.

[jlg_uk]

I don't wear a slinky, lacey, black evening gown when I use it (well, rarely anyway), but I got one of these from my optomo in July. I quite like them, though I thought £20 was kind of expensive.

The only this is that now I've been using it for so long, I'm a bit concerned about bacteria etc and I'm not really sure how to clean it without wrecking it or making it unsuitable for long periods of contact with my eyes.

I like the warm flaxseed smell it gives off when warm.

[irish eyes]

I have one of those; it says on the box that `in normal use the Eyebag should last 3 months...and to replace as needed.....and not to wash it...'

Perhaps its life could be prolonged by covering it with gauze or other thin material? If it's just flaxseed, it shouldn't be too difficult to create one.

Eva - I live in Yorkshire and never thought about anyone wishing they lived here!

[eva b]

Eva - I live in Yorkshire and never thought about anyone wishing they lived here!

about the hygeine aspect...I thought the same, so I sewed a simple covering baggie - similar to the ones sold with the rice baggie - out of a man's handkerchief, into which I slip the heated baggie, then wash my home made version every couple of days.

[Hangus]

Dear Nyer,
For your information I always wear a smoking jacket and cravat before the butler applies my dwelle each evening.

Lord Barry of Hartlepool

P.s. We also know how to pronounce oregano and aluminium properly!

[NYer]

I knew that about you, Sir Hangus. Such a class act.

[Lucy]

WOW. DEZ is way more than a dry eye board! I had to google cravat to see if Barry was in proper form. You guys are a riot and a lot of fun. Continue on. Lucy-Queen of Cooper Corners.

[NYer]

I think if you're the queen, you have to call yourself Lucille.

[Lucy]

Good point, Nyer. I shall stay Lucy, otherwise no one would know me out here in Cooper Corners.

You two were cracking me up, though. Perhaps you should become New York, New York'er? Has a nice ring to it.

[eva b]

what Barry omitted to mention is that his outfit is completed by a pair of burgundy velvet slippers, embroidered in gold with his family crest on the toes...he probably just didn't want to show off...

[NYer]

Ah yes, well I have a servant whose sole job is to collect the little plastic caps from my preservative-free eye drops, so they don't fall into my shoes.
With love,
Xena the Warrior Princess