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Contact Lenses - It’s Complicated

Dry eye disease can make wearing contact lenses challenging. Whether you experience discomfort with your current lenses or have underlying dry eye disease but still want to wear contacts, there are options and strategies to help you achieve both comfort and clear vision.

Wearing contact lenses with dry eye disease is possible with the right approach and products. By exploring the latest lens technologies and working closely with your eye care professional, you can find solutions that provide both comfort and clear vision.

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Why Do I Get Dry Eyes At Night?

The Struggle is Real

Dry eyes are annoying anytime, but at night, they turn into a whole new beast. Imagine: trying to sleep with gritty, burning eyes, or waking up with them glued shut. For many with dry eye disease, this is their reality.

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Should You Be Worried About Eyelash Extensions? A Clinician's Perspective

Love those long, luscious lashes? But have you considered the potential impact on your eyes?

A recent study suggests eyelash extensions may cause temporary discomfort like dryness or irritation, and even impact tear film stability (potentially affecting dry eye sufferers more). While the study was small, it highlights the importance of being informed before you get glam. ✨

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Professional In Practice Therapies Spotlight - LLLT

Low-Level Light Therapy (LLLT) is another therapy consideration for those with dry eye disease due to Meibomian Gland Dysfunction. Quick, safe and painless, it works via photobiomodulation on the eyelids and periorbital area — using LED light of near-infrared wavelength.

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The New Kid on the Block…

A new innovative lubricating option to relieve the signs and symptoms of dry eye is the preservative-free, eye drop emulsion, Cationorm®.

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Is it Dry Eye or Digital Eyestrain?

Our modern life keeps us inside fairly often.... be it too hot outside or raining....whether we're working, socialising or relaxing; most of us spend a lot of time inside, on screens. So if our eyes are sore, is it because of Digital Eyestrain or Dry Eyes?

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Back to Work

How is being back at work going? Are you eyes feeling tired, sore, gritty?

Our eyes weren’t designed to be constantly in front of a screen; especially for long periods with in temperature controlled environments.

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Can Rheumatoid Arthritis Cause Dry Eye?

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common, chronic disease affecting 1-2% of the population. It's a form of inflammatory arthritis and an autoimmune disease. So can it affect the eyes?

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Allergies vs Dry Eyes

Allergies can significantly impact how comfortable our eyes are - do itchy, watery, puffy and sore eyes bother you? Seasonal and perennial allergies have symptoms of their own but can also be more problematic if you have drier eyes. When eyes are drier, there aren’t as many tears to flush away allergens.

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Eye Drop 101

Eye Drops? Artificial Tears? Lubricants? Whatever you want to call them lubricating eye drops do form the basis of most dry eye management plans.

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What about Warm Compresses?

Warm Compresses play a key in managing tired eyes, eye irritation, blepharitis, styes, meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) and Dry Eye Disease.

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Lid Hygiene 101

How do you keep your lids and lashes clean??? Do you need to?

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Dry Eye in Children is on the Rise

Have your children been complaining of sore eyes??? Could they be dry??? Are they too young for that?? How has the pandemic influenced this?

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