Bloggerel: random thoughts on a dry eye journey

This post was originally about the joy of having discovered olive oil for removing eye makeup. When I first started using it, I found the olive oil (besides taking off my eye makeup brilliantly) increased the moisture in my eyes during the day because it appeared to partially, or completely, block the tear duct in the inner corner of the eye, similar to the effect of a punctal plug.

Unfortunately, after a few weeks of using it, my eyes became progressively drier during the daytime, ...