When you are dealing chronic dry eyes, you might have to apply regularly eye drops to make sure that your eyes are well lubricated.

Artificial tears preservative free

There is many kind of eye drops for different eye problems.

• Eye drops for dry eyes
• Allergies eye drops
• Anti-inflammatory eye drops
• Antibiotics eye drops
• And many more…

Eye drops for dry eyes

Remember that if you are using lubricating artificial tears on a regular basis, you should use those that are preservative free. When using eye drops regularly more than 4 times a day for your dry eye problems, artificial tears with preservatives can cause corneal neurotoxicity. Most artificial tears designed for dry eye syndrome are available over the counter. You may need to try few brands before finding the one that works best for you. Some dry eye lubricating drops are designed to address both aqueous dry eye disease and evaporative dry eye disease. Make sure to know if you are suffering from evaporative dry eyes or aqueous deficiency dry eyes. This will help you to choose the appropriate artificial tears for your case.

Enhanced lubrication for the eye

Many artificial tears acts as a gel, providing enhanced lubrication for the eye. Some contains lipids that mimic the oil produced by the meibomian glands. Those lipids revitalize the eyes natural lubrication and restore the lipid layer in the tear film. This lipid layer will prevent anormal tear evaporation.

Here is a list of well known artificial tears:

• Boiron optique
• Bion tears lubricating
• GenTeal lubricating
• Soothe lubricant
• Refresh Optive
• Thera Tears
• Systane Ultra
• Systane Balance

Important Eye drops tips

• To prevent contamination of your artificial tears, don’t touch the dropper tip or allow it touch your eye or every other surface.
• Remove contact lenses prior to applying the artificial tears.
• Don’t use if the liquid has changed colour or is cloudy.
• Wait at least 5 minutes between each different eye drops you put in your eyes.
• When applying drops in your eyes, lean your head back, look upward, as well as pull down the lower eyelid and apply one to two eye drop in the pouch.
• Look downward and lightly close your eyes for 1 to a few minutes. Put one finger in the corner of the eye close to the nose and apply gentle pressure. This could prevent the medicine from draining away from the eye.

Remember that if you’re using another type of eye medication, wait at least five minutes prior to employing other drugs.