DryEyeShop Blog

Our new, updated Dry Eye Zone website is live at last! Still lots of content we want to add, but it's already chock full of information, articles, blog posts and reference materials. Dry Eye Glossary - add to your favorites to look up unfamiliar terms and treatments.  Dry Eye 101 - a fun, easy read to put you fully in the picture on dry eye without talking down to you. Dry Eye FAQ - more condensed highlights of dry eye

Dr. Perry Rosenthal epitomized patient-centered care, and championed

Those of you using scleral lenses with Hydra PEG coating, this is just a reminder for you to check that you are using cleaning solutions that are compatible with it so that it doesn't get stripped prematurely! When you run out of a solution, it's all too easy to make a substitution, especially if what has been recommended isn't sold at your local drugstore!  [EDITED: Contamac seem to have removed the pdf guide from their site that had all this information] Here's the advice from Tangible Science, though not quite so detailed and only US: https://www.tangiblescience.com/hydra-peg-care-tips  

As Rebecca mentioned in her utterly delightful ode to databases last week, The Dry Eye Company recently completed a massive migration from one software system to a bright, shiny, new one:Look at how bright the new dryeyeshop.com is! How shiny!Let me repeat; this was a massive undertaking. In the course of around a month and a half, our band of eight learned how to use new software tools, set up our catalog of nearly 200 different products using said new software tools, built an entirely new online storefront, and imported thousands and thousands of customer records and order histories.To summarize:...