... I just had the duct plugs inserted in both upper and lower lids this morning, so sure hope they don't cause irritation. ... (8 replies)
... the puncti was inflamed and the conjunctiva of same eye was red and glossy. I used toberdex for a couple of days and it went away. ... (19 replies)
... I had the tear duct plugs put in March 2003. I first went to my eye dr about vision problems, and she said that my eyes were really dry and did a schrimer test and found that I produced very little tears. ... (19 replies)
... Has anyone gotten tear duct plugs? ... (19 replies)
... up. Avoid powder near eye area, shows wrinkles. Glasses help cover the edge really well, even rimless. I hate it, but pulling on area makes it worse. ... (4 replies)
... eup and needed to use drops throughout the day which gave me only 10 seconds of relief. If I wear makeup I get tiny blisters under my eyelids or on the edges. My eye doctor suggested tear duct plugs. Anyone have these? ... (2 replies)
... one in each eye , lower duct. I have had dry eyes for over 10 years. I am not using restasis although doc really pushed it . ... (8 replies)
... I have severe dry eye and have tried just about everything, currently using Restasis for a few months without much luck. ... (4 replies)
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... I would think those aren't used much anymore, they just seem like a bad design. I would think the kind that fit completely inside the tear duct wouldn't touch your eyeball. ... (19 replies)
... I have severe dry eye and tried the permanent silicon plugs. I had my eye dr take them out after 5 days because I could feel them touching my eyeballs when I moved my eyes to the left or right. It drove me crazy! ... (19 replies)
... The way I knew they were helping (which was immediate) was before I had them, the tears fell away and leaked from the outer corners (especially during allergy season). After the procedure, those tears lost, were now being kept inside the eye. That along with drops helps. During allergy season, the eyes were watery and leaking had to keep wiping the allergy tears away from... (19 replies)
... I'm having a lot of light sensitivity with my dry eye, and am wondering if I should try plugs again because I was too quick to write them off and didn't have enough time to truly notice a difference. ... (19 replies)
... I'm due to go to the eye doctor again, just rec'd the card in the mail. Another appointment, another doctor... ... (19 replies)
... huge difference. My eyes were so dry even without contacts, that I had to wedge them open in the morning to put drops in even before I could open them. After the plugs they were watery for a month, one eye for three months, but felt so good and I could wear my contacts. After that, they adjusted and were normal. ... (19 replies)
... Just curious...do you know you have a thyroid problem and your dr thinks eye problem might be related, or are you going to endo to see if you have a thyroid prob? ... (19 replies)
... I had Lasik surgery and the laser must have burned the tear producing glands. I had plugs put in both my eyes. The left one irritated my eye and then fell out by itself. The right one is still in there and I notice absolutely no difference or improvement. ... (19 replies)
... I've had plugs and they did help me, but not enough to make a difference. ... (19 replies)
... My doctor put temporary plugs in my lower ducts last June when I was having major dry eye problems due to blepharitis. ... (19 replies)
... lt something tear across my left eye. I thought to myself that this just couldn't be good and went back to sleep. It took two days for me to be able to open my eye fully. ... (5 replies)
