a large portion of you said in this survey that I sent out that you experience way more
dry eyes in the winter time and I actually suspect that number is even bigger because
a lot of you experience watery eyes that might actually be from dry eyes so in this video I
wanted to go over six specific dry eye tips to help you out in the winter time let's focus in
now cold air is dry air the humidity is much much lower in the winter time and when that cold air
goes into a building and the building Heats it up it doesn't add any more moisture and so the
relative humidity inside is much much lower and that's usually when most people feel the effects
of the winter dry eyes is inside because there's a lot less moisture in the air and that low moisture
air robs the moisture from your tears in your eyes tip number one is to pay attention to the
airflow in your buildings your heater is going to kick on to warm up the air and the air is going
to blow by your eyes taking the moisture with it so you want to try and position the vents away
from your face away from your eyes that includes getting in the car you're going to turn the car
vent on to heat up the car point it away from your eyes maybe point it down or up just so it
doesn't dry out your eyes now with the increased airflow and the low humidity this can cause your
tears to evaporate much faster so tip number two is to invest into a good humidifier Fire by using
distilled water and putting this in your workspace your office or your bedroom this can hopefully
increase the humidity around you and decrease your tier evaporation hopefully helping with your dry
eyes and I'll put links to my favorite ones in the description now there's a good chance in the
winter time you're spending less time outdoors and more time indoors and this potentially could mean
more time on screens whether it's more time on the computer more time watching TV or movies more time
on your tablets or your phone so tip number three is to be extra cautious on screens now we blink 60
less when we're looking at screens that's more time for your tears to evaporate more time for
your eyes to dry out and so if you can maybe pay more attention to the 20 20 rule every 20 minutes
take a 20 second break looking 20 feet away making sure that you blink recoat your eyes with a fresh
set of Tears bottom line is try your best to try and reduce screen time or take more breaks and if
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now because of the lower moisture in the air tip number four is that you may need to supplement
your eyes with artificial tears now you want to listen to your eye doctor on this one your eye
doctor is going to know your eyes best what tears may work best for your eyes the eye drops that I
usually recommend for people especially during the winter time are lipid based artificial tears
the tears in your eyes are actually made up of different layers and the lipid or the oil layer of
the tears is actually what keeps your tears on the eyes it actually keeps your tears from evaporating
and so if you can supplement and keep that lipid oil layer strong then hopefully your tears won't
evaporate as much so usually the ones that I like are the artificial tears that have a lipid or oil
supplement portion to the artificial tear and I'll put a link in the description to my favorite ones
that I like tip number five is another way to try and keep the oil layer of your tears nice
and healthy and that's to do warm compresses the oil glands in your eyelids are what supplies the
oil for your tea years so at the beginning of the day you can try a worm compress to get those oil
glands working trying to get those oils out of the oil glands and so if you know you're going
to be on the computer all day or inside your house all day try doing a warm compress at the beginning
of the day and I have videos about how to do warm comfort safely which worm compresses I like the
best and I'll put that in the description below number six you want to protect your eyes from
the elements outside specifically the wind blowing and robbing the tears from your eyes
now the wind's actually blowing right now my eyes actually feel pretty good so if you can get some
sunglasses that have a wrap to them that protects your eyes all the way around protects them from
the wind blowing on the side that's going to really help now if you want to take it to the
next level you can actually get dry eyeglasses or moisture glasses that you can wear on the outside
and the inside that's what these are these are actually photochromic so they'll go dark on the
outside and clear on the inside but let me show you some other options that you can wear on the
inside now these are the same glasses I was just wearing outside they're more more clear
now on the inside because of that photochromic lens and the principle is the same you can wear
these on the inside to protect your eyes from the airflow from the vents also hopefully lessening
the chance of your tears being evaporated from the low moisture the low humidity on the inside
now if you want to get more serious about dry eye glasses you can look into Ziena they're a
company that makes great dry eye moisture glasses you can actually get your prescription in the
lenses and they have a complete silicone seal that completely seals in your eyes and for a
limited time if you check out the description they're giving me a coupon that I can pass on
to you if you wanted to get some of their glasses and they're really great and I'm going to go into
more detail about dry eyeglasses in this video right here but if you want additional dry eye
tips check out my playlist right here I'm Dr. Neal Guymon, Dr. EyeGuy, stay focused.