Six hours in front of a monitor is an ordinary evening now. Your blink rate falls, the tear film thins, and somewhere around the third hour your eyes start to feel like sandpaper. One drop puts the moisture straight back so the last match of the night looks as sharp as the first.
No sting, no greasy film over your vision, no two minutes of blur while it settles. Put a drop in between rounds and go straight back to the screen.
Concentration is the problem. When you are locked onto a screen, tracking movement and waiting for the next cue, you blink far less often than you would in conversation — and the blinks you do manage are often incomplete. Blinking is what spreads the tear film across the surface of the eye, so fewer blinks means the film breaks up and patches of the surface dry out.
That is where the gritty, hot, heavy feeling comes from. Add a dry room, air conditioning, a screen sitting above eye level and a headset pushing warm air past your face, and you have every condition needed to dry an eye out quickly.
None of it is dangerous on its own. It is simply uncomfortable, and it gets worse the longer you sit there.
A dry, unstable tear film scatters light. That is why text on screen starts to soften after a few hours, why you find yourself blinking hard to clear your vision, and why the headache arrives behind your eyes rather than in your temples. Your eyes are working harder for a worse picture.
Gaming, remote work, coursework and a phone in every gap between them add up to a lot of screen hours in a day. Looking after your eyes through those hours is worth as much as a decent monitor.
Clean hands, head back, pull the lower lid down and squeeze one or two drops in. Blink gently once or twice to spread it and carry on. Keep the dropper tip off your eye, your fingers and the desk, and put the cap back on.
Use them as often as a session needs. If irritation carries on after you stop, see a doctor rather than reaching for more drops.
Not for more than a blink or two. It is a light lubricating solution rather than a thick gel, so there is no lasting film to look through — which is the whole point of a drop you use in the middle of a match.
Yes — it is a lubricating and rewetting formula, so it suits lens wearers as well as anyone at a keyboard, a console or a lecture hall. Lenses dry faster under a fan or a headset, so this is exactly the situation it was made for.
Preservative free. Unopened it keeps for 24 months; once opened, use within 30 days. Store somewhere cool and dry, out of direct sunlight — not on a windowsill and not next to a warm PC.
Give your eyes something distant to focus on every so often — every 20 minutes, look 20 feet away for 20 seconds. Drop the monitor slightly below eye level so your lids cover more of the eye, keep the room from getting too dry, and book an eye test if you have not had one in a couple of years.
If you have any concerns about your vision please do not hesitate to contact us. Our customer service and advice on any eye problem is free of charge and a pleasure to give.
