How to Reduce Dry Eye Symptoms While Wearing Contact Lenses
Wearing contact lenses should feel routine by the time most people have settled into them. For many, it does. Then dry eye symptoms start creeping in somewhere around midafternoon, during a long drive, in an air-conditioned office, or after a few weeks of wearing the same pair of lenses too long. The discomfort usually begins quietly. A little grittiness at first. Then blinking does not seem to clear things as well as it used to. The eyes may sting, water, or feel oddly tir
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Wearing contact lenses should feel routine by the time most people have settled into them. For many, it does. Then dry eye symptoms start creeping in somewhere around midafternoon, during a long drive, in an air-conditioned office, or after a few weeks of wearing the same pair of lenses too long. The discomfort usually begins quietly. A little grittiness at first. Then blinking does not seem to clear things as well as it used to. The eyes may sting, water, or feel oddly tir
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