so one of the most underutilized treatments for dry eye syndrome is that of moisture chamber
glasses sometimes known as moisture chamber goggles or just moisture chambers. these are
special glasses that are designed to prevent the tears from evaporating from the surface of the
eye therefore improving dry eye symptoms. now there are many different brands out there and
i've tried a few but today on frame friday i'm going to review one of my favorite brands the
Moisture Release Eyewear from EyeEco. so let's go ahead and put them on and let's take a look
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miss any of our future videos now today we're going to be doing a review of kind of a cool
and different eye care topic this one is called moisture chamber glasses or moisture goggles or
sometimes it's known as moisture chambers so these are type of glasses an eyewear product
that you wear with glasses whether they're clear lenses sunglasses prescription lenses and they
prevent the tears of your eyes from evaporating essentially this is a type of treatment for people
with evaporative forms of dry eye now this can be a real help for people who are in a place that has
really low humidity maybe you don't blink as much or maybe you just don't produce enough tears then
this might be a product for you .so i've tried a couple of different moisture chambers out there
honestly they're not the most popular thing that doctors will talk about
or prescribe for a dry eye. they've been around for quite some time i just find that they're not
really talked about or recommended that often so this is something that if you have tried
like everything else then definitely something to consider especially if you're someone who knows
that you have evaporative forms of dry eye or maybe your dry eyes get worse in the winter time
or we're sitting at a computer or at a desk then yeah again this could be a good option.
now again i've tried a couple different brands of moisture chamber glasses this happens to be pretty
much my favorite brand out there this is from EyeEco they have a patent on this exact design
and i don't think they call them moisture chambers in fact i think it's like Moisture Release Eyewear
i think that's technically how that's how it's categorized and that does make sense because
most moisture chambers like these ones they have kind of a rubber gasket around the outside
similar to wearing swim goggles that's going to seal around the eyelid and prevent the tears from
evaporating but what's unique about these ones is that they have these little cartridges on the side
and these cartridges house a little type of sponge in there and that sponge you can then soak for
about 30 to 60 seconds so we put the cartridge back on and then while you're wearing the frame
you're not just relying on the moisture from your own eyes to kind of kind of stay trapped inside
the moisture chamber to keep the eyes comfortable instead it also provides moisture to the cartridge
to keep that moisture at the appropriate level of humidity and it holds it there for about four
to six hours now i have two different frames here uh one is the larger frame that it comes in with
clear lenses these are just the stock clear lenses that came directly from EyeEco which are nice
because I wear contact lenses a lot of the time and that way i'm able to put them on i'm able
to sit at the computer work and stay productive and they do make my eyes feel more comfortable
now as far as how the frame fits again this is the larger one it's pretty nice that they included
a flexible bridge of the glasses here the the bridge right in the middle between the nose there
it's flexible so you want a really tight seal with these type of glasses and some of
the other brands that make these type of moisture chambers they don't have that cool little design
so even though these are pretty big for my face i have a smaller head i can flex it really close
in and then put them on and it kind of has that spring effect where it really seals in
around the edges which makes it feel good and it fits nicely so that's a nice extra cool benefit
something else that i like about this particular like clear lenses you don't have to add the
clear lenses they do come in sunglasses this is a smaller frame that they have a different smaller
design and this comes with sunglasses lenses again they're just clear and i wear these when
i'm outside particularly here in the winter time here in Minnesota the sun is really bright hitting
off the snow it bounces off so wearing sunglasses is pretty nice but it's also cool because that
outside if it's windy out here in the winter time and again the humidity is very low here in the
winter time but it gives this nice seal around the edges so if it's windy then i don't have
to worry so much about the wind causing my tear film to dry out faster either now what they also
included in this more petite smaller size frame because let's say you get it because you do have
a smaller head but it didn't fit quite right it does have extendable temples here in this design
so you can able to kind of adjust that as needed now the larger frame temple doesn't have that
extendable but it's so large i don't think that'll be an issue but it is kind of a cool feature at
least for the more petite ones the other two cool features about this particular brand is that the
stock lenses if you choose to get this the stock lenses frame from EyeEco and you use these they
do have anti-fog on the lenses some of the other brands i've tried most of them just have standard
plastic lenses so while you're wearing it they still may fog up and that gets pretty frustrating
so these ones if you're again if you're just getting the standard clue lenses or sunglasses
they at least have anti-fog so they don't fog up as much and i've never really had too much trouble
while using them now the other cool benefit from the EyeEco design again these were originally
designed by an ophthalmologist and then this company EyeEco has the rights to use the patent
and make this product they have the option to put prescription lenses into the frames if you have
the more petite frame like the smaller one here it allows up to plus or minus four diopters of
power so if you're just sitting at the computer screen here and you need a little computer lens
put in you're able to put that in there as long as your prescription fits in within those parameters
and then the larger frame allows you up to plus or minus three diopters so again i think if you're
somebody who needs that extra power be able to see well and you're just looking for probably
at least to my experience so far probably the best moisture chamber glasses i've ever seen
these are probably the ones to go with as far as price goes for these types of moisture chambers
these ones go are for around 90 to 100 depending on the size that you're looking for
if you ever want to check out updated prices maybe they have a special deal or something like that
you can check out their website i'll put links to all of these different products in the video
description below along with some other resources for dry eye otherwise i wish there's a little bit
more pros and cons for this review overall i think as far as moisture chambers glasses go
it's hard to find a real negative to these other than maybe the price but they are built very
well i find they are very comfortable to wear and they do help with my dry eyes when i'm sitting on
the computer i even have one patient that i can remember where i we tried like every single dry
eye treatment out there but nothing really helped and she was always on the computer working and
she eventually got moisture chamber glasses and these ultimately ended up being the best thing
for her and ended up helping her see better and helped her overall with the comfort of the eye
but certainly i passed it off to you let me know what you think about moisture chamber glasses.
have you tried them yourself? have you ever tried this brand specifically or other brands?
kind of yay nay or do you think that they really help? otherwise thanks for watching and if you
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