Eye Drops for very dry eyes. Recommendations

I use hycosan gel at night & drops during the day- I usually stock up when they are on offer.

Bausch & Lomb Aqualarm UD Intensive drops. Excellent. Also on sale in the UK, I think, and on Amazon. Since surgery, using Lacrifluid for dry eyes prescribed by my eye Doctor. Possibly not available in the UK

I recently had an eye op & was recommended Systane by a doctor. I’d had been using Hycosan but he said Systane were more effective & he used them himself. I use the intense ones during the day & the gel ones at night. They do the trick!

Systane Balance drops as needed in the daytime and Xailin cream at night. I have these on prescription and they help a lot.

I use Hycosan Extra, recommended by my optician and works perfectly.

My GP prescribes Hyabak

I use Hyabak, with no preservatives as I'm sensitive.

Yikes! I used to swear by blink (sodium hyaluronate 0.2%), couple of drops a day, brilliant. Now, I can no longer tolerate it. Optician recommended Thealoz Duo! Let's just say 1st time I used that, my head was soon stuck under the kitchen tap! It's stronger than Blink!

I have tried almost every brand/type On the market, Weldricks (very good, used for the Dogs epileptic meds too) Medino, Butterflies Eyecare, all good for supplies, even Amazon.

I'm currently using Vizulize hypromellose 0.3% and can (as long as don't go too bonkers) use their sodium hyaluronate due to it being 0.1%.

I also have their Preservative Free version of Carmellose 0.5%, my eyes like that stuff, but I won't use it permanently due to knowing my luck, id get used to it.

I also keep Carbomer eye gel in stock, for "just in case"! Which happened in November, for about a week NO eye drops were comfy, no matter what I put in, my eyes stung! I went through several tubes of Carbomer I can tell you. Eyes weren't gunky, just hurt.

I was diagnosed with bad dry eye over 10 years ago, but the pressures fine, he reckons I don't drink enough, (Probably right, but then I've never have! Since I was young a litre a day, total, has always been enough. Now I'm getting on, I'm paying the price. I do try to drink, but the problem is what goes in, has to come out! Sister says my bladder doesn't know what's hit it due to never drinking, hardly ever needing the loo!)

I think Hyosan was one of the first I tried, I could try it again, I'll have to check costs etc

I find Optrex spray works well for me - and isn't too expensive.

I used to use Optrex drops but found them hard to squeeze with arthritic fingers. I now use Flowbow from Amazon which is easy to squeeze and in a clear bottle so you can see how much is left. I use as often as necessary. At first I didn''t like the smell but soon got used to it.

Following my cataract operation, the optometrist put me on AAPROMEL eye drops for dry eyes. They do the job really well

I use Xailin gel every night. With that, I don't need drops during the day.

Another vote for Hycosan Dual here.

Optician recommended Thealoz Duo to me plus an Optase eye mask to heat up in microwave and apply for 10 mins. After taking off mask I was told to gently massage the edges of my eye lids ( around eye lashes) to help stimulate the glands. She said that dry eye cannot be cured but that this will relieve symptoms and it has done.

I use tear lac which is a serum and really helps my dry eye syndrome…recommended by optician and GP prescribed

Me too.

Hycosan eyedrops for me too.

I was diagnosed with very dry eyes at the eye hospital. They tried plugging the tear ducts, but that wasn't the problem. The problem is that the meibomian glands around the eye margins were blocked, so the oils couldn't stabilise the tears. They then removed the plugs and I was back to square one. What has really helped is wiping my eye margins with Blephasol lotion night and morning. That removes any stickiness and unblocks the meibomian glands so the oils can be released. I now don't need eye drops (which I couldn't tolerate anyway).

I get AddTear on prescription from my GP

My GP prescribed Clinitas eye drops following my cataract ops. I find them very soothing. (I've also had Hylo Nite ointment and recommend it even though I no longer use it)

I get Hylo-Forte Eye Drops on prescription and find them fine. Previously I had Carbommer Drops but they caused a rash on the skin under my eyes. Apparently Hylo-Forte have no preservative in them whereas Carbommer do and that was what caused the skin irritation. Ironically Hylo-Forte are linger lasting!

I have a doctors prescription for Systane balance. Try asking your doctor for something suitable.

Ask your pharmacist - I find own brands just as good as branded ones and half the price!

I’ve been using the hot eye masks ( lots on Amazon) this has helped me a bit and is also very relaxing.

I use hycosan too. It’s not the cheapest but the bottle does last for 6 months. That works well for me as I only use it occasionally. Maybe ask an optometrist for advice.