having a consistent effective daily dry eye routine can sometimes be the key at
managing your dry eye and dry eye symptoms so in this video I want to go over the routine
that works best for me but also over the dry eye home remedy Basics that you could
possibly incorporate into your routine to help you with your dry eyes let's focus in
I want to go over two slightly different versions one that might be a little bit more involved more
effective and then I'll give you some extra tips at the end of the video here is the end of day
routine to start off if you're a contact lens wear you'll take the contacts out and if you happen to
wear makeup you'll remove the makeup with a makeup remover this next part is a big step
for me if I don't do this part I definitely notice the difference in the umbrella term for this one
is eyelid hygiene you want to treat your eyelids and your eyelashes really well by cleaning them
really well and this is great for people that tend to have blepharitis like me where their
eyelids tend to get inflamed or people that have meibomian gland dysfunction poor functioning oil
glands in their eyelids you will want to do this part a few different ways that you can do this and
I use all of these depending on the day a serious way is to use the new lids eyelid cleansing device
now this is great for cleaning the eyelids for agitating the meibomian glands getting the oil
glands working a little bit cleaning to the base of the eyelashes and it feels great and it works
great you use a cleanser put it on the silicone tip and clean each eye for 30 seconds another
way that I like is to use the myboclean eyelid cleansing brush it's actually a silicone pad that
you can put a cleanser on there and actually rub and clean the base of the eyelashes it actually
feels really good to me I use this quite a bit or you can use the classic eyelid wipes to actually
clean your eyelashes and your eyelids I tend to prefer the tear store hila wipe that feels the
best for me once I've cleaned my eyelids and I've rinsed it off and dried my eyes then I
usually spray my eyes with a hypochlorous acid solution there are a lot of different products
out there that sell hypochlorous acid solution usually the ones that are in the glass bottle
are better but it's a really safe eyelid cleanser to help control the bacteria overgrowth on your
eyelids you can spray it on and leave it there or you can kind of rub it in with a cotton swab
but yeah this helps control that bacteria around your eyelids now this is where you can actually
put in your eye drops if you have prescription eye drops if you want to use your artificial tears or
if you're trying to avoid using eye drops then you can go right into the next part it's nice to end
the day with a warm compress now this is where this version kind of slightly differs from the
next version that I'm going to talk about because sometimes this is nice to just be able to lay down
and do a warm compress it's soothing it helps the meibomian glands function a little bit and
sometimes you can actually just fall asleep with the warm compress and so this is actually why I
prefer the electric heat masks not all the time because I think there's better warm compresses
but this is where this comes in handy because a lot of the electric heat masks have a timer
you can set it for 15 20 minutes you can put it on it kind of lightly just sits on the eyes and it's
really comfortable and then it feels really good and then the timer will automatically shut off
just in case if you fall asleep so kind of nice this is what I do but if you want to use a more
serious warm compress like the tranquilize that will probably work better and be nicer they're
just big and I just prefer the electric heat mess with the timer on it so it's just convenient okay
this next version this next routine is ordered a little bit differently but I think works a little
bit better a little bit more effective a little bit more involved but I wanted to go over it
because sometimes I'll do this if I want to really get aggressive about it now to start this one off
I actually start with a warm compress now because it's the end of the day I'm still doing stuff so
I actually prefer the tier restore eye mask so you can actually see through it and actually
see what you're doing you can continue working on the computer doing dishes taking care of the kids
so you can actually leave it on and actually work still do your stuff for 15 minutes while
it's actually doing the warm compress and they've made this warm compress even more affordable now
so I think it's even more likely that you can have this in your toolbox of dry eye treatments now I
still recommend if you can taking out the contact lenses before you do the worm compress if you can
still function if you can still see the computer or do what you need to do then see if you can take
the contact lenses out also consider removing your makeup if you wear makeup or doing a pre
light eyelid cleaning maybe with an eyelid wipe just before you get into the warm compress now
the next part is the reason why I think this one might be a little bit more effective because you
can actually take advantage of your warm oil glands and actually do a type of eyelid massage
or do your eyelid cleansing combined with an eyelid massage that might work a little bit
better on those oil glands so this is we're going to do the same eyelid cleansing techniques that
we just talked about still use nuLids myboclean or eyelid wipes but using those techniques you
can do a gentle massage on the oil glands of the eyelids as you clean the base of the eyelashes
you can focus a little bit more on the oil glands in the eyelids again being really really gentle
here but that agitation can maybe help the oil glands Express a little bit more oil again taking
advantage of what you just did with the warm compresses make sure you check out my video about
how to correctly do eyelid massages again being safe and also working with your doctor on this
one and then again once you've rinsed your eyes dried your eyes off you can use that hypochlorous
acid solution spray and then you can use any eye drops that you need to or at night you can use
eyelid gel drops if you need to as well now before we get into the extra tips leave a comment below
What routine has worked best for you these tips in this video might not work best for everybody
for example warm compresses might actually make some people's eyes feel worse more inflamed and
so they might prefer cold compresses so leave a comment what's worked best for you your comment
might actually help other people more than you know now for some extra tips you can incorporate
into your daily life some habits maybe that you can actually develop that can help with your
dry eye symptoms number one is the classic one and that's stay hydrated as soon as you get up
start drinking some water make sure that you drink plenty of water throughout the day number two is
try to reduce the amount of air blowing around your eyes this can be trying to stay away from
fans blowing them in a different direction trying to avoid air blowing out of the air Ducks whether
it's air conditioning or the heater the heater air conditioning in your car the vents make sure
it's not blowing towards your eyes you can even go as far to use moisture glasses or dry eye glasses
that have shields on the sides to help protect how much air is blowing around your eyes so if
you go outside and it's windy you can look into seals that kind of seal in your eyes to help the
moisture around the eyes a little bit better tip three if you use digital devices all day long like
the computer or on your phone try and stick to the 20 20 20 rule every 20 minutes take a 20 second
break looking 20 feet away and I usually tell people to focus on your blinking during that 20
seconds get those oil glands pumping get a great tear film recoated over the surface of your eyes
consider a humidifier whether it's when you're sleeping or at work and if you have time in the
morning consider doing a warm compress in the morning as well this is where the tear restorer
mask also helps because you can still see and get ready if you're running short on time and
then also consider dry ice supplements especially Omega-3s where with your doctor to make sure it's
okay to take but that can also help with your oil glands and your dry eyes now my biggest tip
like I said at the beginning of the video is to be consistent Improvement in dry ice symptoms
can sometimes take a little while to notice it's kind of like losing weight it's never as fast as
you want it to go but if you're consistent eventually you should see some improvement
now we went over a lot in this video I definitely recommend you checking out my dry eye playlist I
go over many of the things that we talked about in this video new lids review best eyelid wipes
how to do eyelid massages and warm compresses safely best warm compresses it's all in this
playlist and I'll put it in the description below as well please like this video if you
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I wish you all the luck in your dry eye Journey I'm Dr. Neal Guymon, Dr. EyeGuy, stay focused