About The Dry Eye Company

Hi! My name is Rebecca Petris. Welcome you to The Dry Eye Zone.

I started The Dry Eye Company and this website in 2005 as a dry eye information portal and community center for my fellow dry eye patients.

Since then, it's grown and expanded in various ways, all focused on improving quality of life for people with dry eye. It's been a challenging, humbling and fulfilling process and I am extremely grateful to all the people who have helped and encouraged me along the way!

Many parts of this site, particularly about dry eye treatments, are considerably out of date. We are working on a complete re-write, and are very excited to be launching an all-new site in March 2018!

Tell me about The Dry Eye Company "family" of websites.

THE DRY EYE ZONE is our portal. It's the information center where you can get things like an overview of what dry eye is all about; glossary definitions of dry eye terms; a reference list of BAK concentrations in prescription medications; and much, much more. It's not fancy looking - almost all text and not many pictures - but we hope you find it helpful!

THE DRY EYE SHOP is our retail store. It's a lot more than a store, really - it's an education center in itself. It concentrates in one place all different kinds of products that can be helpful to people with chronic dry eye. It also includes, for most products, my personal experiences and insights about those products, their uses, and the types of people most likely to benefit from them. We now also have extensive consumer guides to help you figure out which things are most likely to be suitable for your needs, as you explore options with your doctor.

DRY EYE TALK is our community center. It's an amazing place with many amazing people. We now also have a very active Facebook DryEyeTalk group.

THE DRY EYE DIGEST is my blog. Every now and then I go prowling through the medical literature and post summaries of all the recent research in dry eye, or I scan news headlines and report on well-done dry eye coverage in the general press. I try and post about any major news in the world of dry eye drugs and devices, and any news of interest in consumer products that are important to dry eye patients. I also write about my own dry eye experiences and opinions now and then. NOTE: When we launch our new site in March 2018, the blog will be merged into that site.

KERATOSCOOP is my newsletter, and it spans information from DryEyeZone and DryEyeShop equally.