Hello. My heart goes out to you who suffer from dry eyes. I lived a normal happy life until I was 20 when it first started for me. I am now 30, but I managed to more or less cure myself by the time I reached 26. I still struggle a little, but I am able to play sports, work a job, go to the movie theater, and I can go for hours where I don't even notice anything is wrong. The pain never hits even moderate levels any more, and I just need to take breaks and do blinking exercises sometimes.
I tried all the treatments like LipiFlow (which was brand new that year), eyelid surgery to fix a slightly incorrect blink, punctal plugs in all 4 ducts, and just about every eye drop there was.
I do not know the details of your problems, but I thought I would share with you what worked for me. I have MGD (meibomian gland dysfunction).
#1) I moved away from my parents house when I was 25. I believe the dust in their house did not help the problem, and when I return there for holidays my eyes are always in bad shape after a few days. I now live in a place with laminate floors where the dust doesn't collect. My parents house was carpet in nearly every room.
#2) I started driving all the time for work. When I would drive, I would use my car heater and aim it at my face. This might sound like a bad idea but hear me out. I would use it as my own private lipiflow. So I would have the heat coming at me, and I would constantly do blinking exercises while driving and try to sometimes excrete the glands with my fingers. To this day I still do this, and I believe it helps a lot.
#3) I got all 4 punctal plugs. A lot of people try plugs, but they only get 2. When I got all 4 done, it was the first time in a long time I felt pain free. I had so many tears in my eyes due to them not being able to drain away that they eventually started overflowing constantly throughout the day and I got a bit of a rash on my face. I had to get the top 2 plugs removed due to the large quantity of tears in my eyes and the rash they were causing, but this was the first time I knew that I could feel fine, and during that time when I had all 4 plugs I believe it allowed my eyes to heal enough that I was able to get by on just 2 plugs afterwards.
#4) Learn to make blinking exercises a constant habit. Especially in the morning, I often have to look away from screens and do big blinks to help the glands excrete their oils.
#5) Minimize screen time. If screen time is a must for you, I'd suggest trying to do lots of blinking exercises in between, looking away frequently, and taking breaks where you completely rest your eyes with them closed from time to time.
I hope this helps some of you! Feel free to message me if there's anything I can do to help you. I just activated email notifications so that I'll receive any messages from this post or private messages. Good luck!
Alastair
I tried all the treatments like LipiFlow (which was brand new that year), eyelid surgery to fix a slightly incorrect blink, punctal plugs in all 4 ducts, and just about every eye drop there was.
I do not know the details of your problems, but I thought I would share with you what worked for me. I have MGD (meibomian gland dysfunction).
#1) I moved away from my parents house when I was 25. I believe the dust in their house did not help the problem, and when I return there for holidays my eyes are always in bad shape after a few days. I now live in a place with laminate floors where the dust doesn't collect. My parents house was carpet in nearly every room.
#2) I started driving all the time for work. When I would drive, I would use my car heater and aim it at my face. This might sound like a bad idea but hear me out. I would use it as my own private lipiflow. So I would have the heat coming at me, and I would constantly do blinking exercises while driving and try to sometimes excrete the glands with my fingers. To this day I still do this, and I believe it helps a lot.
#3) I got all 4 punctal plugs. A lot of people try plugs, but they only get 2. When I got all 4 done, it was the first time in a long time I felt pain free. I had so many tears in my eyes due to them not being able to drain away that they eventually started overflowing constantly throughout the day and I got a bit of a rash on my face. I had to get the top 2 plugs removed due to the large quantity of tears in my eyes and the rash they were causing, but this was the first time I knew that I could feel fine, and during that time when I had all 4 plugs I believe it allowed my eyes to heal enough that I was able to get by on just 2 plugs afterwards.
#4) Learn to make blinking exercises a constant habit. Especially in the morning, I often have to look away from screens and do big blinks to help the glands excrete their oils.
#5) Minimize screen time. If screen time is a must for you, I'd suggest trying to do lots of blinking exercises in between, looking away frequently, and taking breaks where you completely rest your eyes with them closed from time to time.
I hope this helps some of you! Feel free to message me if there's anything I can do to help you. I just activated email notifications so that I'll receive any messages from this post or private messages. Good luck!
Alastair
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