SystaneNighttime Lubricant Eye Ointment 3.5g Tube

Night time is a good time to lubricate your dry eyes. I live in the desert and Dry Eye is really a problem. Trying to find a night time lubricant in a tube is proving difficult at Target and drug stores. My latest eye exam specified using this form and after several unsuccessful trips to find it, Amazon came to my rescue. I'm dismayed to find how expensive a tiny little tube is and wonder how long it will last before I need to put myself on a regular shipping order.

I experienced a sudden extreme bought of dry eye months after starting a job that requires me to get in and out of many many cars after driving them for only a few minutes at a time. My eye problems started at the end of the summer where I had grown into the habit of, after getting into hot car after hot car, I would crank up the air conditioner sky high and the fan speed up as high as possible, and point the fan straight at my upper body and face. Because I was only in each car for a few minutes, I had the air blasting at me nearly all day. Further, during this time we had a few weeks where it was constantly windy. This all led to my eyes becoming extremely painfully dry (which has never ever happened to me before), so much so that I had to wear laboratory goggles in my home and motorcycle glasses outside and at work. I had to shut my eyes when walking because I could feel the air hitting my eyeballs like paper cuts. It was excruciatingly painful. I got gel eyedrops but those never lasted more than a few minutes at a time and still did not help as much as I needed. Then I bought this at my local pharmacy and, even though this is a night time eye product, I had no other option than to use this during the day and at night. After doing that for several weeks my eyes began to heal. Even now I use this whenever I feel that my eyes have been or may be exposed to prolonged wind or fans, and today my eyes seem to have recovered. I’m very thankful for this product and will never go without it again. I try to carry it around with me wherever I go.This product has the consistency of Vaseline basically, so when you put it in you will have blurred vision. However, that was something I was willing to live with as the pain was unbearable and the relief this ointment provided was instant. The way I apply it is I lift up my upper eyelid, squeeze some ointment out underneath it, and do the same for the lower one, then I roll my eyes around both ways. I also put this in as many times a day as I need.Update: as of 12/18/24, the sides of the tube split open and began leaking out. I put electrical tape around it, so hopefully that will stop the leaking. I will still use and keep purchasing the product as it’s the only thing that helps me, but may handle it with more care so this doesn’t happen again.

Prime makes it better than driving to town for it. Absolutely essential for dry eye at night. When both the lacrimal and meibomian glands are not working.

I recently had Lasik and the doctor recommended using this before bed. The texture is very odd. You have to put it on right as you go to bed and I recommend using an eye mask so you do not stay in your pillowcase. It did help with the dryness. I woke up with last dryness than regular drop. I recently had Lasik and the doctor recommended using this before bed. The texture is very odd. You have to put it on right as you go to bed and I recommend using an eye mask so you do not stay in your pillowcase. It did help with the dryness. I woke up with less dryness than regular drops.

Have you sustained for years having a little bit of a problem with dry eyes right now so I bought the gel and so far it’s worked wonderfully. I’ve used it for about a week now and I absolutely love it. It’s really nice.

It was a very small tube,I had one that the doctor gave me that was larger

This is wonderful. It helps with dry eye after using the computer all day. I wake up to hydrated eyes.

This is a great brand overall. I use their dry eye drops religiously. My dog recently was having (has) neurological issues which caused him to stop blinking in one eye. I used this for about 4months to make sure his eye stayed hydrated and well lubricated to avoid infection. (Neurologist approved of course) He had no issues & I believe this product played a big part (and consistency)! Dabbed a little half pea size in the corner of his eye and would warm up and spread over his eye nicely. Took off a star for price vs amount of product