Polytears Lubricating Eye Drops
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description: ✔ Stock on hand — ships NZ-wide from Rose Optometry, Hamilton.Polytears — the drop most New Zealanders ask for by namePolytears is a long-established artificial tear. It is inexpensive, it is familiar, and for mild, occasional dryness it is perfectly adequate. We stock it because people ask for it — and we would also like to tell you the truth about it.When it is the right choice: mild, intermittent dryness. A windy day, a long drive, an evening of screens, a dusty job. Used now and then, it does exactly what it says.When it isn't — and this is most people. If you are reaching for Polytears more than about four times a day, you are on the wrong drop, for two reasons. The first is preservative: at high frequency the preservative in a multi-dose bottle becomes an irritant to the very surface you are trying to soothe, and you end up in a loop of more drops, more irritation, more drops. The second is that an artificial tear replaces the watery layer only. Most dry eye in New Zealand is evaporative — the tear film fails because the oil layer is deficient, not the watery one. Topping up water on a tear film with no lid on it is like filling a bath with the plug out.If you have outgrown it, read our guide to Polytears, Systane and Hylo alternatives, or compare the Systane range and the Hylo range directly.Who it's for Mild, intermittent dryness — wind, screens, air conditioning, long drives. Occasional users, not daily ones. Anyone wanting a familiar, low-cost bottle to keep at the desk. Not the right pick if you dose more than about four times a day. Questions we get askedCan I use it with my contact lenses in? We would take lenses out first. This is a preserved multi-dose bottle, and preservative sitting under a soft lens is concentrated against the cornea. If you want a drop to use over lenses, choose a preservative-free unit dose from our preservative-free range.Will it blur my vision? Very little — a few seconds at most. It is a thin drop rather than a gel or an ointm…
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