... I'm really nervous. I'm about to plug my ducts really soon, and I'm afraid I won't be able to function afterwards. I have school later, and I can't miss it that day. ... (0 replies)

... I noticed tonight I had a dried up tear drop of blood from the inner cornner of my left eye. ... (0 replies)

... Hi - I don't know what brand of temporary plugs I had, but I do know for a fact that they were put inside my tear duct and that they were very uncomfortable/painful for me, especially the first day. Not an experience I'd like to go through ever again. But, as I mentioned before, some people are fine with these plugs and don't seem to have any problems. I may just have very... (15 replies)

... only ones that are inserted into the tear duct. Perhaps you had a different procedure done? ... (15 replies)

... The entire point of post was to inform the enitial poster there are painless plugs out there in regards to the enitial question. Positioning of Herrick Lacrimal Plug in the superior canaliculus with Collagen Plugs in the inferior are not the ones I have. ... (15 replies)

... Temporary plugs are plugs that go IN the tear ducts. They are dissolvable after a few days and their purpose is to see if they help at all. If they do, then you can get the permanent plugs. ... (15 replies)

... Hi Jen, I have sjogrens, the temp plugs and the permanant plugs upper and lower with no pain. What are talking about? What you describe does not make sense. They (temps plugs) don't dissolve "in" the duct, temp collagen plugs are "applied" to lower lid margin, n o t inserted into the duct. In dry eye conditions it's done to see if it keeps tears in the eyes, offering... (15 replies)

... Hmmm..... For me, having the temporary plugs put in was extremely painful and uncomfortable. I couldn't see the plug itself, but I could sure feel it inside the duct until it finally dissolved. Hopefully it's not the same for the permanent ones. ... (15 replies)

... The collagen "temporary plugs" won't give you any indication of how the actual perm. plugs will feel because the collagen is applied to the lower eye lid rim, whereas the "permanent plugs" are inserted to occlude the punctum to halt nasolacrimal drainage. The punctum is the drainage system for the eyes. Temporary plugs are considered temps because they are applied &... (15 replies)

... Hi Jen2003 My dry eyes started cos I have immune diesease. It's called Sjogren. One time, it was so bad, My eye lids sticked to my eye balls when I woke up. I changed my opthalmalogogist latey lt and he suggested I had the plug. I feel very uncomfortable to put anything in the eyes. I think I will go for it if he put the 'temporary' in to test how I feel. Thanks for... (15 replies)

... Thanks for all imputs. I called my dr. office and the nurse said there's a dissolvable plug. I left a msg, still waiting for the dr. to call me (15 replies)

... My doctor put in a tear duct plug a couple of months ago and so far so good. It did not hurt at all when he put it in. It was a little uncomfortable for about a day. ... (15 replies)

... These are temporary. There is a new temporary plug called a smart plug which can expnad and decrease, preventing pain. Ask about it. If the temporary plug feels comfortable, you can consider a permanent sealing. I would not do this first because it is irreversible. ... (15 replies)

... I have dry eyes. My dr suggests to plug my tear duct. Does it help ? ... (15 replies)

... I had the tear duct plugs put in March 2003. ... (19 replies)

... so severe that I had to get all 4 tear ducts permanently closed by cauterization, and I STILL don't have enough tears to keep my eyes comfortable. ... (19 replies)

... I recently had punctal plugs put in and today my doctor gave me a perscription for restasis. I know that I read something about the restatsis not increasing tear film quantity if you have plugs (not sure why) but I was mainly concerned about quality of tears (my doctor said my tears evaporate fast, but the tear film is nice/quanitiful). Have any of you taken restasis with... (2 replies)

... I got punctal plugs put in my lower tear ducts on Saturday afternoon. I had the temporary ones put in a couple weeks ago, and yesterday my eye dr put in the permanent ones. ... (3 replies)

... but said that if I continued to have to use those drops more than a couple of times a day he would insert a teeny tiny plug into the bottom tear duct in each eye. He said I won't feel them, and they will keep more moisture in my eyes. ... (5 replies)

... y script larger which helps. I have a suggestion for you that you may not have tried for the dry eyes. I also have dry eyes but had that before surgery...Had a plug put in etc. The usual stuff. The PA wanted me to try something new and I did...She gave me a prescription for a product named AZASITE. ... (19 replies)