I have been living with stinging, dry eyes for years.
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If you’re like me and stare at glowing screens all day, you probably know exactly what I am talking about.
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And it doesn’t help when the air outside is like puffing on ten cigarettes at the same time.
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air → help → time
When I discovered the Heated Eye Wand by Peep Club, I was intrigued.
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After having used it for a month, I’m convinced.
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My eye troubles go back all the way to the beginning.
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I was prescribed glasses in third grade, and by the time I was in eighth grade, I was wearing contacts daily.
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For decades, I completely neglected my eye health.
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By the time I hit middle age, contacts were becoming too painful to wear for more than a few hours at a time.
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contacts → hit → time
Then, sitting in my optometrist’s chair, she told me I was suffering from something called Meibomian Gland Dysfunction.
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Also known as MGD, it is basically a chronic condition where the tiny, crucial oil glands inside your eyelids get blocked up with accumulated years of gunk.
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glands → know → gunk
Without that essential oil, your tears just evaporate immediately, leaving you with dry, burning, aggressively twitching peepers.
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tears → evaporate → peepers
The doctor told me to use a hot compress for thirty minutes every night before bedtime, but who has thirty spare minutes to lie completely motionless, eyes covered with a dripping washcloth plastered to their face?
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It’s a lot to ask, even for something I so obviously needed.
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The damp cloth would get cold and clammy after about three minutes.
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Unsurprisingly, I couldn’t keep to the routine.
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I threw in the towel — or threw out the towel, I guess.
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I had almost resigned myself to twitching eyelids and perpetually itchy eyes when I was offered an interview with Nicola Alexander-Cross, an optometrist and beauty-tech entrepreneur, at a cafe in the heart of Manhattan’s bustling Flatiron district.
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Over coffee, she explained her journey from management consulting to starting Peep Club, a company dedicated to the proposition that we should treat our eyes with the same care we lavish on our skin, hair and diet.
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Though she actually started her career in the fast-paced world of business consulting, she grew up watching her father, who is also an optometrist, making a tangible difference in the everyday lives of his patients.
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She soon realized she wanted to combine her knack for business with her clinical eye for eye care to help the people who really need it.
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who → realize → it
Nicola told me her ultimate goal was to completely reframe eye care from the ground up.
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She wants to pivot it from a second thought into a luxurious, everyday self-care ritual.
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Her argument is that we should care for our eyes the same way we apply anti-aging skin serums and floss our teeth.
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we → care → teeth
To make this ambitious vision a reality, she created an entire line of Peep Club products, ranging from daily nutritional supplements to soothing wipes and balms, all designed to make eye care genuinely enjoyable.
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care → make → wipes
The crown jewel of her innovative collection is the Peep Club Heated Eye Wand, developed hand-in-hand by leading clinical optometrists in the UK.
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This sleek, futuristic device boasts ten major design improvements over the brand’s already beloved original wand range.
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device → boast → range
It is essentially a high-tech spa treatment that fits right in the palm of your hand.
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that → fit → hand
The wand features five modes specifically designed to soothe and relieve tired, dry eyes.
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wand → feature → eyes
The temperature-controlled hot compress mode produces heat on the metal tip that you rub across your upper and lower eyelids.
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It is clinically proven, and I found it to be much better than the old, messy warm compress because it holds the perfect temperature for my eyes without cooling down.
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it → prove → eyes
After applying some balm, I used heat with the gentle massage mode, which is a vibrating feature that helped not only break up the clogs in my oil glands but also worked wonderfully to de-puff my eyes at the end of the day.
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But the real magic lies in the wand’s high-tech light therapy, which features three LED modes.
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which → lie → modes
Red LED light has been scientifically shown to help smooth out the appearance of fine lines over time with regular, daily use.
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light → show → use
The Green and Amber LED lights work to reduce redness and the dark, shadowy appearance of stubborn under-eye circles.
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lights → work → circles
Needless to say, I completely ditched the wet washcloths for good.
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Now, my nightly routine is a total breeze, and I actually look forward to it.
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Before I power on the magic wand, I generously swipe on Peep Club’s Dry Under Eye Correcting Lidstick.
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It’s an intensely soothing, deeply hydrating balm that I generously apply over my upper and lower eyelids.
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Then, I use the Heating Wand consistently for ten minutes right before my head hits the pillow.
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head → use → pillow
…and 6 more, not listed.
The Aporia
