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Hello - very dry eyes in the UK and depression

Hi I am based in Cheshire in the uk.

I took accutane over 15 years ago and since then I ve had problems with dry eyes.

Since about 2019 things settled and I was pain and symptom free up until about 3 months ago.

From almost nowhere symptoms came back again...

Inflammation in the skin / underneath the eyelids weeks after meibomian gland probing

Hi forum users, I am reaching out to ask if anyone has had issues with persistent inflammation underneath their eyelids that would not settle down after having meibomian gland probing? I had a probing procedure nearly 6 weeks ago now and my lids have been seriously inflamed ever since, they feel swollen...

Dry Eyes/MGD

Hi, I've had MGD dry eyes for so long now. Started when i was around 24, and am now 62. Tested negative for Sjorgrens. The only think i can find it that i used Retin-A for about a year before the dryness started and it never went away. I had the lower ducts closed permanently and tried restasis and...

Long time MGD

Trying IPL

Hi, I would like feedback from patients who either 1-have been diagnosed with ocular rosacia and/or 2-have done this procedure. I just had my 3rd treatment out of 4 prescribed from my dry-eye doc, each treatment is 2 weeks apart. (13 jewels on nose/cheeks, 12 or 13 on eyes.) I do notice less eye discharge...

Lacrisert Alternatives?

Hi i am in Australia and have been using Lacrisert inserts successfully for almost 30 years. (Severe inflammation and dry eye due to primary Sj�gren’s Syndrome). Production has currently ceased due to equipment failures and we have been told not to expect further supply until at least 1Q2022....

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