SleepTite/SleepRite Lid Seals (30ct)

April 2025

SleepTite/SleepRite is an oval-shaped adhesive strip designed to seal your eyelid closed at night. There is a tab at one end for ease of removal. It's intended to be applied horizontally. Over the past couple of years, every now and then I have heard from someone who really likes it, so I decided to stock it partly to help raise awareness as there are not very many products available in this product niche.

Make sure to read the directions carefully because it really will make a difference to how STSR performs for you.

If you have no experience taping your lids down, you may appreciate the following context:

• It's all about sealing the lid securely enough to keep it closed all night.
• There are many variables here: how deep set your eyes are, whether they're easier to seal with vertical or horizontal taping or a combination, how sensitive your skin is, and what products you are using in your eyes or on your face. Any one of these things can affect your success with taping or the amount of relief you get.
• If you use eye ointment at night, that may make it impossible to maintain a seal overnight. Some people seem to make it work while others can't.

Bottom line, you should expect to do some experimenting before settling on an acceptable solution. What works for someone else may not work for you, and vice versa.

Pros: The advantage of SleepTite/SleepRite is user-friendliness: you can avoid the hassle of cutting up unwieldy strips of tape, and you can remove it more easily than tape in the morning. There are two versions to choose from - standard and sensitive skin. Personally, I found the standard version very tolerable i.e. it has not bothered my skin.

Limitations: Size and stickiness. First, size: These are not huge ovals. For some people the size will be ample and for others it may feel limiting, particularly in terms of height. Check out the pictures where Jack and Alisha modeled it. Second, sticky-wise, there's a standard version and a "sensitive skin" version. Please note the detailed instructions about not just refraining from using ointment at night but ensuring clean lids before applying the strips. For me personally, the sensitive skin version did not stick well enough and in fact even with the standard one I had to practice some nights before getting it to work out. However, I have heard from others who find it works fine for them.

Regular vs Sensitive Skin: Hard choice. I think a lot of us women-over-50 would automatically choose the Sensitive Skin one, but I tried both repeatedly and honestly, even though I'm somewhat sensitive to adhesives, I was happier with the regular one, which stuck down much better and didn't irritate my skin. 

What to expect: SleepTite/SleepRite comes as a small box with a stack of adhesive strips. They are not individually wrapped. They have detailed instructions - please make sure to read them.

Broadly speaking, I think this is a good user-friendly entry-level product for people who have never taped a lid down but who have reason to believe taping would benefit them, such as people with nocturnal lagophthalmos. I also think some current tape users could potentially benefit from the switch, in terms of user-friendliness, if the price is not too much of a deterrent.

SleepTite/SleepRite™ is a non-pharmaceutical, mechanical, therapeutic treatment that is used to address the root cause of the inflammation in your eyes. The material is both latex free and hypoallergenic. Each SleepTite/SleepRite box contains 30 pair of single use, interchangeable Lid Seals. Studies have shown that by using SleepTite/SleepRite™ patients can get relief from the discomfort caused by their eyelids not closing properly during sleep. Users have noted that SleepTite/SleepRite™ is well tolerated and gentle on eyelashes and tissue around the eye.

The proper placement of SleepTite/SleepRite™ on your eye will be critical to your success with the product. If you are not accustomed to having your eyes occluded at night it is best to start using SleepTite/SleepRite™ on one eye, until you are comfortable and readily capable of handling its removal and replacement on the eye in the event you have to get up during the evening. Most eye doctors will start the patient off using SleepTite/SleepRite™ on the eye that bothers them the most and have them do that for at least 30 days. This will give you ample time to work out your nighttime routine and also give you experience with the continued proper removal and replacement of the eye seal during actual nighttime use. If you are a patient used to using other products that occlude both eyes, you should still only start using SleepTite/SleepRite™ after you have practiced removing and subsequently reapplying at least one of the devices when you need to get up at night.

Label Information

Indications

SleepTite/SleepRite™ is a single-use, hypoallergenic, latex-free device intended to hold the eye closed to prevent Nocturnal Evaporative Stress due to inadequate lid closure.

Warnings

• This device is single use only. Reuse of this device may lead to patient cross contamination and/or device failure.
• Care should be taken not to touch the other surfaces with the eye cover before placing on the eye. Doing so could promote cross contamination. 
• Any serious incident resulting from the use of the device, please report the incident to SleepTite/SleepRite™, physician, and your local health competent authority. 

Usage Instructions

• Thoroughly clean around the upper and lower eye lids, rinse well and dry thoroughly prior to applying SleepTite/SleepRite. The best results come from using a gentle product such as a baby soap or shampoo. Many of the stronger lid cleaners contain a surfactant that could leave a residue. If that is used it is important to thoroughly clean and dry the lids before applying SleepTite/SleepRite.
• Once you apply the device on your eye check to see if you are able to see light or a blurry image through SleepTite/SleepRite. You can also wave your hand in front of the occluded eye to test if you see movement. Either method would indicate that the eye is not completely closed and the device must be reapplied. The reapplication should include more firmly closing the eye and at the same time raising the tissue/skin of the upper eye lid so that the SleepTite/SleepRite is not adhered to any redundant skin.
• Keep the card from which you removed the SleepTite/SleepRite on your nightstand. If you need to get up you can remove the device and gently place it with the adhesive side down. Simply put the eye seal back on when you return to bed.
• Typically, the patient will place SleepTite/SleepRite on so the tab is located temporally as this is the easiest application to then remove when you awake. If you are dislodging SleepTite/SleepRite while sleeping, try using the device by placing the tab nasally.
• To remove the SleepTite/SleepRite simply grasp the tab and gently pull towards the opposite direction to where the tab is positioned.