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Eye Dryness with Contacts: Causes and How to Fix It

Written By Lauren Anderson

If you wear contacts, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll deal with eye dryness at some stage in your journey with contact lenses. In fact, between 30% and 50% of contact lens wearers experience some level of dryness.

It’s not all doom and gloom, though. For most, eye dryness with contacts is very manageable once you understand why it’s happening.

We’re going to look at why contacts can cause dryness, which lenses are the biggest culprits for dryness, and what you can do to alleviate it.

Do Eye Drops Expire?

Written By Roda Novenario

Experiencing dry eyes? Reaching for eye drops? Stop! Check the expiration date first!

Yes, eye drops can expire, and the expiration date actually matters. Using expired drops can do more harm than good.

Let’s break it down so you know exactly what to look for and don’t make a dangerous mistake.

How to Get Eyelash Out of Eye Safely: 6 Tips to Try

Written By Roda Novenario

If there’s one thing universal that everyone can agree on, it’s that an eyelash in your eye is incredibly irritating and uncomfortable. Blink once, blink twice, and it’s still there!

Sometimes, that stubborn eyelash won’t come out on its own, and you’ll have to help it along. Wondering how to get an eyelash out of eye? Here are six tips to try!

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Eye Drops For Contacts: Your Questions Answered

Written By Amina Katana

There’s a lot of unclear information available about using eye drops for contact lenses. Getting it right can be the difference between clear vision and comfort or dry, itchy eyes. No one wants the latter, so I’m here to ensure you walk away from this article confident in your contact lens maintenance routine.

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Eye Drops for Dry Eyes: Do They Really Work?

Written By Roda Novenario

Dry eyes are such a pain! If you’re like me, you wake up with stinging eyes. A trip to the bathroom to douse water over them doesn’t work. Sometimes, water makes the condition feel worse. Even after a good night’s sleep, your eyes feel tired. You are sensitive to light. And you may also feel some itchiness and a sandy feeling in your eyes.

These are just some symptoms of dry eyes and dry eye syndrome, a condition affecting up to 34% of the population and up to 70% of older people.

Despite these staggering statistics, many people choose to ignore their dry eyes. Or, they don’t book an appointment with their eye doctor to get a proper diagnosis and prescription. It is tempting to self-diagnose and just choose from the many over-the-counter eye drops for dry eyes. But do you know which ones to choose? And do they really work?