Refresh P.M. Preservative-Free Lubricant Eye Ointment, 0.12 oz (3.5 g)

I have extremely dry eyes. This lubricant is very effective. You put it in right before you go to bed, and it keeps your eyes moist through the night; you wake with your eyes feeling less irritated. Reading through the negative reviews - someone mentioned that it causes very blurry vision. It does, but you aren't using it during the day; you are using it when you are sleeping. Another mentioned that it is very expensive for basically petroleum jelly and mineral water. It is - but unlike a lot of other gels, your eyelashes aren't glued shut when you wake up. It was also mentioned that it is hard to apply. I have found that some tubes disperse perfectly while others make application more difficult - must be slight variations in the tubes. Overall, I have found it helpful with my dry eye symptoms.

I was getting this grit in my eyes like sand. Very irritating and rubbing eyes got to be painful. This did the trick. Eliminated grit and eyes are much better. Make sure you put it in at bedtime as it really blurs your vision till absorbed.

GREAT! I was diagnosed by my optometrist with chronic dry eye syndrome and this really helps me feel like I have moisture in my eyes. This result is a HUGE deal for me because I hardly produce tears. Also, I am a nurse and those long 12 hr shifts and horrible fluorescent hospital lights just really dried my eyes out! I constantly had eye strain and I used to wake up with extremely red eyes and grittiness in the morning. Well this overnight ointment solved all of that & more. Immediately my eyes were whiter and felt moisturized and even had lasting effects for the rest of the day. Before, I would be constantly putting artificial tears >4 x daily and Lumify to decrease the redness that would come back from the dryness throughout the day. I’ve even tried optometry prescribed cephalosporin-steroid eye drops & punctal plugs and while it did bring down the inflammation & reduce redness somewhat, it still left me feeling dry again within a few hours. But, with this ointment I no longer have to apply as many drops a day and I am now able to taper the dose of steroid eye drops! As other reviewers have mentioned, this ointment is pretty thick and leaves a blurry layer once applied so do keep that in mind. However, I do put a tiny dot in the daytime while I work my long shifts & it seems to keep me moisturized without causing too much greasiness. On a side note, I do have lash extensions & I was worried that this ointment would cause my extensions to fall out due to the mineral oil in the ingredients, however I have not experienced no lashes fallout when applied correctly by pulling the bottom lid down and inserting the ointment along the bottom lash line. Trust me this stuff will restore moisture to the eyes!! Don’t sleep on these, I feel my eye health getting back to normal!

It works really well with my super dry eyes, but I do have to wash my eye balls in the morning - they feel like I still have some of the ointment in there. I also can't read after I use it so don't put it in until you're ready to go to sleep!

I use this ointment at night for my severe dry eyes, works great.

This one doesn't hurt my sensitive eyes. I have tried all the other brands including Systane. This Refresh PM is much more gentle on my eyes overnight. Systane puts a lanolin in their brand so maybe that was bothering my eyes. I recommend Refresh PM.

Helps relieve dry eye! Use it everyday!

My eyes get really dry at night. My eye doctor recommended a gel that you put in your lower lid like this. The instructions say to put 1/4" in your lower lid, but the stuff doesn't come out from the tube very well. When I squeeze it, sometimes I get hardly anything; other times 1/2". It is so thick that it falls like a piece of string. I usually wind up with it on my eye lashes. Once in, my eyes are very blurry. When I wake up in the morning they are still blurry. My doctor said to use another drop, like Systane PF, to clear my eyes. I need to do that twice to get my vision back. I wouldn't mind all of that if this worked all night, but I still wake up in the middle of the night with dry eyes. They actually feel worse than when I don't use this. I had ordered this with automatic refills, but I cancelled it. A Systane night gel works better for me (but I don't like that either). I have tried six different drops/gels and am still looking. This, for me, is the worst of all of them.