Ask HN: How are you taking care of you eyes?

Post by vestrigi » Tue, Dec 07, 2021, 11:00 AM UTC

kvmac wrote: post #152

cblconfederate wrote: post #151

In the morning if my face is a little puffy I'll put on an ice pack while doing stomach crunches. I can do 1000 now. After I remove the ice pack I use a deep pore cleanser lotion. In the shower I use a water activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and on the face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial mask which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I al…

My knee-jerk reaction is “Wow, that’s a lot of work. Where does this person find the time??” But then I realize that I now work from home without the hour-long morning routine (plus commute) and could easily make the time if I’d just limit my pre-standup content-binge. Going to give a similar self-care routine a try! Thanks for sharing this.

Post by Aulig » Tue, Dec 07, 2021, 11:21 AM UTC

zuj wrote: post #169

RedBeetDeadpool wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Understanding exactly how much of modern health systems/guidelines are based off of capitalism incentivized research which then get some form of regulatory stamps of approval is appalling. Not griping about capitalism, I think its the best thing out there for the economy, its just that we haven't figured out a way to prevent it from creating authoritative science backed research that somehow always promotes the fundi…

That's exactly my thoughts. This is crazy. It is basically the wrong alignment of incentives. Wonder how we are going to protect ourselves from it right now and fix the system.

Post by heavenlyblue » Tue, Dec 07, 2021, 12:29 PM UTC

Aulig wrote: post #59

heavenlyblue wrote: post #18

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I really like when people say this about screens and never mention books at all. Can someone with some strong contextual knowledge provide ANY references actually linking myopia/astigmatism to reading? I would argue actually being on the street in quickly changing weather (very dry air, very humid air, extreme cold/heat) probably has a larger effect on what happens to your eyes, but even that is arguably very weak.

All near-work affects eyes, so books too. You can look up "near induced transient myopia" on google scholar. I'm on a slow connection, so I can't right now, sorry.

Post by gabkins » Tue, Dec 07, 2021, 2:59 PM UTC

edmcnulty101 wrote: post #9

Women say they love mens eyes. So you have to work those out at the gym as well. I do eyelid lifts and eye rolls. 3 sets of 20 6 days a week with a rest day on Sunday. You can do these while on the treadmill and doing other excercise to increase efficiency. You can also mix in some beta carotene into your protein shake to really maximize the eye pump.

Post by hutrdvnj » Tue, Dec 07, 2021, 3:45 PM UTC

dathinab wrote: post #73

mrcnkoba wrote: post #7

As someone who suffers from recurrent corneal erosion (scratches on cornea, that are painful as hell) I incorporated a set of steps to manage this condition. 1. Daily eyelid hygiene - using special wipes to get the leftover from your eyelashes, to unblock Meibomian glands. It can dramatically improve how your eye is moistened. People who suffer from dry eye syndrome should at least try it. 2. Using eye drops daily -…

I had similar problems. Eye drops in my case didn't help, it mostly was caused due to producing to little tears at night when I sleep, I can't put eye drops in when I sleep. But there where some things which did help: - eating/drinking healthy, while unclear it seems my tear under production was partially linked to a unhealthy diet - eye hygiene helped a bit not much - Making sure air humidity is at a good level duri…