I can’t believe I haven’t touched on this subject yet -the almighty eye wash!

Let me tell you how many times this simple eye irrigating solution has come to my rescue…A LOT!   During my time of working the 3rd shift, my eyes would become irritated more easily.  I don’t know why, maybe it’s because I had my contacts in all night! 🙂  Whatever the reason, this is when I discovered my fav OTC drugstore product.

I’m so gaga over eye wash, that I one time touted it as a must have for a patient with a very irritated eye.  He came to the pharmacy the next night solely to tell me I saved his eyeball!  He used the wash a couple of times in a row, and his eye felt remarkably better shortly thereafter.  See, I’m dead serious, this stuff is good!

Bausch & Lomb makes an eye wash, but you should be able to find a generic version at most drugstores.

Eye wash can be used daily to cleanse and refresh your eyes, remove pollen or other allergens, remove chlorinated water (that would’ve been good to know during my many years of competitive swimming!), and soothe stinging, burning, itching, and irritated eyes.

It can also be used in emergency situations when you randomly get a foreign substance in your eye.  We’re not talking like a stick in the eyeball kind of foreign substance…more along the lines of a piece of dirt or a small black-fly!

What I really like about this stuff is you can use it as much as you want!  I usually will rinse my eye(s) a couple times in a row and come back to it a little later (even like an hour or so) if my eye(s) start to feel irritated again.

You wouldn’t want to use an eye wash when you have an open wound in or near the eyes.  You also don’t want to use an eye wash if the solution has become cloudy or changed colors (probably contaminated at this point).

One last thing, if you start to experience eye pain or changes in vision or your condition is persistent or worsens, stop using the eye wash and consult with your doctor.

I love you dear eye wash…just a little shout out!

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Thanks for visiting and be sure to stay tuned for my video on how to use an eye wash.  Feel free to share your thoughts below or e-mail me at cate@getpharmacyadvice.com with any questions.