DryEyeShop Blog

Alcon, one of the best known names in eye care and contact lens supplies, is the manufacturer of Clear Care peroxide systems (popular for scleral lenses) as well as Systane brand lubricant drops, gels and ointments. Read about their history with the Dry Eye Shop.

A giant of the dry eye community  Dr. Frank J. Holly passed away January 16, 2022. I had unfortunately lost touch with Dr. Holly over the years and am grateful to Lynn W., a longtime reader who recently reached out to share this. My first memories of Dr. Holly are from his participation in online forums in the early 2000's, not long after I had LASIK. If memory serves, we first met on the SurgicalEyes forum, which was an extraordinary resource and lifeline for many people hosted by Ron Link and his advocacy colleagues. Later, Dr. Holly kindly participated in the D'Eyealogues forum (hosted...

Happy Holidays from all of us at the Dry Eye Shop! From Hanukkah to the Winter Solstice to Christmas to Boxing Day to Kwanzaa to New Year's. Whatever the holidays mean to you, we wish you peace, and we thank you for your support this year.  A message from Aidan  It's been a year of ups and downs, with some team members moving on and new staff joining.  We've had an incredibly dynamic week after our second snowstorm of the year (something that simply upends everything in our normally temperate part of the country). On Friday, we made the decision not to ship packages...

Some of our photos from the two times it's snowed this month! The snow's really done a number on our ability to commute in and get packages out, but we think we've done the best we can thus far.  Above, the view out Aidan's window while working from home.  Icicles on the eaves of Rebecca's tiny home!  Lochlainn, Joslynn's son, has his first snow day! Ally's husky, Drama hanging out in the snow!