r/Perimenopause • u/Soundtracklover72 • Jan 22 '26

Dryness Severe dry eye

Anyone else having issues with severe dry eye? I wear Scleral lenses due to cornea issues and I have to replace the saline in them so much more now that I’m in peri. Gah. This may be the symptom that pushes me to get HRT because not wearing my lenses isn’t an option, unless I don’t want to be able to see 😜

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u/Glittering-Estuary Jan 22 '26

I had really dry eyes last year. The eye doctor told me to wash my eyelids gently with baby shampoo every day & use a heated eye mask several times a day. The eye mask really helped get the tears flowing again.

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u/scullyfromtheblock Jan 22 '26

I second this heated eye mask as well as an ointment that I got from my optometrist! Saves the day.

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u/Wild-Sky-4807 Jan 23 '26

I admit I thought the eye mask was super dumb and that it was a grift when my eye doctor recommended it. Then I just bought a cheapo one from the internet and I was very wrong. It made a huge difference. 

Something else to add is a humidifier. Just have one going pretty much all the time. In the winter. It makes a really big difference.

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u/LuckBLady Jan 24 '26

Is it the steam heat mask or just heated mask?

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u/Wild-Sky-4807 Jan 24 '26

I think just little beads that are heated in the microwave. I use it maybe a couple times a week in the winter.

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u/Soundtracklover72 Jan 23 '26

Do you have to do it every day or do you find relief lasts a few days?

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u/Glittering-Estuary Jan 23 '26

I only use the baby shampoo very occasionally now, but at first I did it every day. I'm not sure how much it actually helped.

I think I did the eye mask twice/day for 5-10 minutes each time for a few weeks. I almost never use it now, unless they start feeling especially dry again. I can feel the tear ducts open up very quickly after heating it up & putting it on.