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GPC - never wore contact lenses

Hello everyone,

after years of dealing with my dry, painful eyes finally I got a new diagnosis. GPC..
Now I've read quiet some articles on the net about this condition, but they were all pretty much linked to contact lens wear or allergies. I never in my life wore contact lenses and...

Bandage contact lenses

Hello. I have very severe dry eyes impacting both my meibomian and lacrimal glands. My doctor suggested I try bandage lenses as a first step prior to going to scleral lenses. I am scheduled to meet with an Optician for these bandage lenses in a couple days. I just wanted to find out if anyone had any...

3 stage healing

Hi,

First of all I want to state that I have no physiological problem in my meibomain glands. And that's why this worked for me. If you have damaged meibomian glands, most probably this will not work for you. By the way, I have PCOS and allergy.

My problem was MGD. I had healthy...

Can dry eye be like this?

Can dry eye cause constant bad vision, just like I have forgotten to put on my contact lens? Is it different from blurriness from refractive error? For example, will squinting help you see better?

I'm sorry, if my questions seem really silly. Here is some backstory. I had SMILE surgery...

Special eye-friendly monitors for people with dry eyes and healthy people (must read)

Hello
I have some good news for people with dry eyes and healthy people too
I did a little research about special monitors for dry eyes

I found some monitors for computers, that should be more eye-friendly than standard LCD monitors (as eye-friendly as reading an ordinary...

Autologous Serum and ocular surface inflammation/redness

People who have experience with these serum drops, do Autologous Serum eye drops help with ocular surface inflammation and redness of the eye? and how long do they take before seeing improvement?

Any info would be appreciated!

IPL eye protection?

What kind of eye protection was used for your IPL treatment? I had sealed gauze pads and thick gel. It was much hotter than I expected, and if I do another treatment will request something more. I'd appreciate hearing others' experience. Thanks

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