Eyedrops
It may sound crazy, but certain eyedrops actually exacerbate dry eye symptoms.
“Avoid the drops that ‘get the red out,’” Dr. Maskin cautions. Visine (tetrahydrozoline ophthalmic), for one, works by narrowing blood vessels to the eyes to reduce redness. But when the drops wear off, the vessels can become larger and more inflamed. “The key is to find out what’s causing the redness, not to try to hide the redness,” he says.
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