Dry, tired eyes from screens, air-conditioning or contact lenses? Learn how Avizor Lacrifresh Moisture 0.10% with sodium hyaluronate helps lubricate and hydrate the eyes.
Avizor Lacrifresh Moisture 0.10% Malaysia: Hydrating Eye Drops for Dry, Tired Eyes
Dry Eyes After Hours of Screens or Air-Conditioning? Your Environment May Be Part of the Problem
If your eyes feel dry, tired, irritated or uncomfortable towards the end of the day, you’re certainly not alone.
For many people in Malaysia, our daily routine creates a challenging environment for the surface of the eyes.
Think about a normal working day:
Air-conditioned office → laptop → smartphone → driving → shopping mall → more screen time at home
Contact lens wearers can experience additional discomfort when their lenses are worn for extended periods, particularly when combined with prolonged screen use or dry environments.
Sometimes, what your eyes need is additional lubrication.
Avizor Lacrifresh Moisture 0.10% is a lubricating and moisturising eye drop containing 0.10% sodium hyaluronate, designed to help relieve occasional eye dryness associated with environmental conditions.
It can also be used with or without contact lenses, according to Avizor.
Lacrifresh Moisture 0.10% is available at Malaya Optical.
But before reaching for any bottle of eye drops, it is useful to understand an important question:
Why are your eyes dry in the first place?
What Does Dry Eye Feel Like?
Dry eye doesn’t always feel simply “dry.”
People may describe their symptoms differently.
You may experience:
- Dryness
- Burning
- Stinging
- Grittiness
- A sandy sensation
- Tired eyes
- Irritation
- Redness
- Intermittent blurry vision
- Discomfort while wearing contact lenses
- Increased awareness of your contact lenses
- Heavy or tired-feeling eyes
Some people with an irritated ocular surface may even notice watery eyes.
That can sound contradictory.
If your eyes are watering, how can they possibly be dry?
Excessive watering can sometimes occur as a reflex response when the ocular surface becomes irritated. However, persistent watering can have several causes and should not automatically be assumed to be dry eye.
Why Are Dry Eyes So Common in Our Malaysian Lifestyle?
Malaysia is humid outdoors.
So why can our eyes still feel dry?
Because most of us don’t spend the entire day outdoors.
We move constantly between very different environments.
1. Air-Conditioning
Offices, shopping centres, cars, clinics, classrooms and homes can all be heavily air-conditioned.
Airflow and dry indoor environments can contribute to faster evaporation from the ocular surface.
You may notice that your eyes feel comfortable when you arrive at work but increasingly dry or irritated as the day progresses.
2. Long Hours in Front of Screens
For many Malaysians, screens are part of almost every waking hour.
We work on laptops.
Or we reply to messages on our phones.
Then we attend video meetings.
Watch videos and scroll through social media.
Then we go home and continue looking at another screen.
Prolonged digital-device use can contribute to ocular discomfort, particularly when normal blinking behaviour is affected.
Avizor specifically lists digital devices among the environmental situations associated with the occasional dryness for which Lacrifresh Moisture is intended.
3. Contact Lens Wear
Contact lenses provide excellent vision for millions of people, but some wearers notice increasing dryness or discomfort as their wearing time increases.
This can become particularly noticeable when contact lenses are combined with:
- Long screen hours
- Air-conditioning
- Reduced blinking
- Long working days
- Environmental exposure
Lacrifresh Moisture 0.10% is designed for use by both contact lens wearers and non-contact-lens wearers.
That makes it particularly useful for someone who experiences occasional dryness while wearing contact lenses.
4. Driving and Commuting
Driving around Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley often means spending significant time inside an air-conditioned vehicle.
Your eyes may therefore be exposed to direct or indirect airflow for long periods.
Combine that with concentration on the road, screens and navigation systems, and some people may notice their eyes becoming increasingly tired or uncomfortable.
5. Environmental Exposure
Dust, pollution, wind and other environmental factors can also contribute to ocular-surface irritation.
The cause of dry-eye symptoms isn’t necessarily the same for every person.
This becomes important if symptoms are persistent.
What Is Avizor Lacrifresh Moisture 0.10%?
Lacrifresh Moisture 0.10% is a lubricating and moisturising ophthalmic solution from Avizor.
It is designed to relieve symptoms associated with occasional ocular dryness caused by environmental situations.
Avizor describes it as providing hydration and lubrication for symptoms including:
- Dryness
- Irritation
- Tired eyes
The principal lubricating ingredient is:
Sodium Hyaluronate 0.10%
Sodium hyaluronate is the sodium salt of hyaluronic acid and is used as a lubricating ingredient in eye drops.
Avizor also formulates Lacrifresh Moisture to be isotonic, with an osmotic concentration of approximately 300 mOsm/L.
What Is Sodium Hyaluronate?
You may already recognise the term hyaluronic acid from skincare.
But hyaluronic acid isn’t simply a cosmetic ingredient.
It is a naturally occurring biopolymer and is also found within the human eye.
The sodium salt form—sodium hyaluronate—is widely used in lubricating eye drops because of properties that make it useful for ocular hydration.
Avizor highlights several important characteristics of sodium hyaluronate.
1. It Has a High Capacity to Retain Water
One of sodium hyaluronate’s most useful properties is its ability to interact with and retain water.
This contributes to its moisturising effect on the ocular surface.
For someone experiencing occasional dryness, maintaining lubrication can help improve comfort.
2. It Has Bioadhesive and Mucomimetic Properties
Avizor describes sodium hyaluronate as having bioadhesive and mucomimetic properties.
In simpler language, it can interact with the mucin layer of the tear film and help maintain a lubricating layer over the ocular surface.
This contributes to the longer-lasting comfort associated with hyaluronate-based lubricating drops.
3. It Is Viscoelastic
Sodium hyaluronate also has viscoelastic properties.
This allows the solution to behave differently under different mechanical conditions, including blinking.
For the patient, the science ultimately has a practical objective:
keep the ocular surface lubricated while allowing comfortable blinking and clear vision.
Why 0.10%?
Lacrifresh Moisture contains 0.10% sodium hyaluronate.
Within Avizor’s Lacrifresh family, different products are designed around different levels and types of dry-eye symptoms.
Lacrifresh Moisture 0.10% is positioned primarily for occasional dryness associated with environmental factors.
This is an important distinction.
If your eyes occasionally feel dry after:
- A long day at the computer
- Spending hours in air-conditioning
- Extended contact lens wear
- Travelling
- Driving
- Environmental exposure
Lacrifresh Moisture may be an appropriate lubricating option.
But if you’re experiencing persistent or more significant dry-eye symptoms, simply using stronger or more frequent drops without understanding the cause may not be the best approach.
Lacrifresh Moisture 0.10% vs Ocu-Dry 0.20% and 0.30%
Avizor has more than one product within its dry-eye range.
The products shouldn’t be viewed simply as:
0.10% = weak
0.20% = medium
0.30% = strongest
The formulations and intended applications differ.
A more useful general comparison is:
| Product | Sodium Hyaluronate | General Avizor Positioning |
|---|---|---|
| Lacrifresh Moisture | 0.10% | Occasional dryness associated with environmental conditions |
| Lacrifresh Ocu-Dry | 0.20% | Mild-to-moderate dry-eye symptoms |
| Lacrifresh Ocu-Dry | 0.30% | Moderate-to-severe dry-eye symptoms |
Avizor’s product information positions the 0.20% and 0.30% Ocu-Dry formulations for more significant dry-eye symptoms, with the 0.30% formulation being more hypotonic and more viscous.
However, choosing an eye drop based solely on the percentage isn’t the same as diagnosing the cause of dry eye.
Someone with persistent symptoms may require a proper ocular-surface assessment.
Can You Use Lacrifresh Moisture With Contact Lenses?
Yes.
According to Avizor, Lacrifresh Moisture 0.10% can be used with or without contact lenses.
This makes it particularly relevant for contact lens wearers who experience occasional dryness or tiredness during lens wear.
For example, you may notice:
Morning: lenses feel comfortable.
Afternoon: several hours of air-conditioning and computer work.
Evening: lenses begin to feel more noticeable or the eyes feel dry.
A compatible lubricating eye drop can help rehydrate and lubricate the ocular surface.
However, recurrent contact lens discomfort shouldn’t automatically be blamed on “dry eyes.”
Other possibilities can include:
- Contact lens fit
- Lens material
- Wearing schedule
- Deposits
- Contact lens care
- Tear-film problems
- Eyelid or meibomian gland problems
- Ocular-surface inflammation
- Other eye conditions
If you’re repeatedly reaching for eye drops just to tolerate your contact lenses, it may be worth having the lenses and ocular surface assessed.
Multidose vs Preservative-Free Lacrifresh Moisture
This is an important distinction when choosing Lacrifresh Moisture.
Avizor offers Lacrifresh Moisture in different formats internationally.
Some formats are preservative-free, while the multidose formulation can contain polyhexanide as a preservative.
This means you shouldn’t assume every Lacrifresh Moisture format has exactly the same preservative status simply because the product name is the same.
Preservative-free formats can be particularly relevant when preservative exposure is a consideration.
At Malaya Optical, our optometrists can advise you on the appropriate format according to your eye condition, contact lens use and frequency of lubrication.
How Do You Use Lacrifresh Moisture?
Always follow the instructions supplied with your specific Lacrifresh Moisture product.
General use involves:
- Wash and dry your hands.
- Open the bottle or unit-dose container without touching the dispensing tip.
- Tilt your head backwards slightly.
- Gently pull down the lower eyelid.
- Instil the recommended drop into the eye without touching the eye, eyelashes or surrounding skin with the tip.
- Blink gently to distribute the solution.
- Close the container according to its instructions where applicable.
Do not allow the dispensing tip to touch your eye or another surface, as this can increase the risk of contamination.
If you’re using other eye drops or prescription ophthalmic medication, follow the instructions provided by your eye-care professional regarding timing and compatibility.
Eye Drops Can Help Dryness — But They Don’t Always Explain It
This is probably the most important section of this article.
Lubricating eye drops can be extremely useful.
But dry eye is not one single condition with one single cause.
The tear film itself has multiple components, and ocular-surface comfort can be affected by the tears, eyelids, meibomian glands, blinking, environment, contact lenses and general eye health.
Two patients can both say:
“My eyes are dry.”
But the underlying reason may be completely different.
One may primarily have environmentally triggered occasional dryness.
Another may have significant tear evaporation.
or may have contact-lens-related discomfort.
or may have an eyelid or ocular-surface problem.
That is why persistent symptoms deserve more investigation than simply trying another bottle of artificial tears.
When Should You Have Your Dry Eyes Checked?
Consider an eye assessment if you experience:
- Dryness almost every day
- Persistent burning or stinging
- Frequent redness
- Significant grittiness
- Contact lenses becoming increasingly uncomfortable
- Fluctuating or blurry vision
- Excessive watering
- Symptoms that keep returning despite eye drops
- Needing lubricating drops very frequently
- Increasing sensitivity to light
- Eye discomfort affecting work or daily activities
More urgent assessment may be appropriate for significant eye pain, sudden changes in vision, marked redness, injury, discharge, pronounced light sensitivity or other sudden/unusual symptoms.
Don’t assume every uncomfortable eye is simply dry eye.
Malaya Optical Dry Eye Care
At Malaya Optical, our objective isn’t simply to recommend another bottle of eye drops.
If your symptoms are occasional and associated with environmental factors, a lubricating product such as Lacrifresh Moisture 0.10% may provide the hydration and lubrication you need.
But when symptoms become persistent, recurrent or disruptive, we want to understand why.
A dry-eye assessment can help our optometrists consider factors such as:
- Your symptoms
- Tear-film behaviour
- Ocular surface
- Eyelids
- Contact lens wear
- Screen habits
- Working environment
- Lifestyle
- Current eye drops
- Other relevant eye-health findings
From there, we can recommend an approach appropriate to your individual eyes.
Sometimes that may include lubricating drops.
Sometimes it may involve changing contact lenses or lens-care habits.
And sometimes further assessment or referral may be appropriate.
The objective isn’t simply to make the eye feel wet for a few minutes.
The objective is to understand why it keeps feeling dry.
About Avizor
Avizor is a Spanish company specialising in contact-lens care and ocular-health products.
The company dates back to 1981 and has developed a broad portfolio covering contact-lens maintenance solutions, lubricating eye drops and other ocular-care products.
The Lacrifresh family forms part of Avizor’s eye-care portfolio, with different formulations designed around different ocular-comfort and dry-eye requirements.
Who May Consider Lacrifresh Moisture 0.10%?
Lacrifresh Moisture may be worth discussing with your optometrist if you:
- Spend long hours using computers
- Frequently use smartphones or digital devices
- Work in air-conditioned environments
- Wear contact lenses
- Experience occasional dry or tired eyes
- Spend long periods driving
- Move frequently between indoor and outdoor environments
- Experience occasional environmentally related ocular dryness
It can be used by contact lens wearers and people who don’t wear contact lenses.
Frequently Asked Questions About Lacrifresh Moisture
What is Lacrifresh Moisture 0.10%?
Lacrifresh Moisture is a lubricating and moisturising ophthalmic solution containing 0.10% sodium hyaluronate. Avizor positions it for occasional ocular dryness associated with environmental conditions.
What does sodium hyaluronate do?
Sodium hyaluronate acts as a lubricant and has water-retention, bioadhesive and viscoelastic properties that make it useful for maintaining ocular-surface hydration and lubrication.
Is hyaluronic acid the same thing as sodium hyaluronate?
Sodium hyaluronate is the sodium salt of hyaluronic acid. It is commonly used in ophthalmic lubricating formulations.
Can contact lens wearers use Lacrifresh Moisture?
Yes. Avizor states that Lacrifresh Moisture can be used with or without contact lenses.
Can I use it for dry eyes caused by computer use?
Avizor specifically includes digital-device use among the environmental factors associated with the occasional dryness for which Lacrifresh Moisture is intended.
Can I use Lacrifresh Moisture in air-conditioned environments?
It is designed for occasional dryness related to environmental conditions. If your symptoms consistently occur in air-conditioning, lubricating drops may help, but persistent symptoms should be assessed.
Is Lacrifresh Moisture preservative-free?
It depends on the format. Avizor’s product information indicates that polyhexanide is used as a preservative in the multidose format, while preservative-free formats are also available.
What’s the difference between Lacrifresh 0.10%, 0.20% and 0.30%?
Lacrifresh Moisture 0.10% is positioned for occasional environmentally associated dryness, while Avizor’s Ocu-Dry 0.20% and 0.30% products are positioned for more significant dry-eye symptoms. The appropriate product depends on the individual rather than simply choosing the highest percentage.
Is a higher percentage of sodium hyaluronate always better?
No. A higher concentration isn’t automatically the best choice for every eye. Formulation, viscosity, tonicity, symptoms, frequency of use and the underlying cause of dryness all matter.
Why do my eyes water if they’re dry?
Ocular-surface irritation can sometimes trigger reflex tearing. However, excessive watering has several possible causes, so persistent watering should be properly assessed rather than automatically attributed to dry eye.
Why are my contact lenses comfortable in the morning but dry at night?
Long wearing hours, environmental conditions, screen use, blinking, lens material, deposits, lens fit and tear-film factors can all potentially contribute. Persistent contact lens discomfort should be assessed rather than continually managed with lubricating drops alone.
Is Lacrifresh Moisture available at Malaya Optical?
Yes. Malaya Optical carries Avizor Lacrifresh Moisture 0.10%.
Speak with our optometrists if you’re unsure which eye-care solution is appropriate for your symptoms.
Dry Eyes? Don’t Just Keep Changing Eye Drops.
If your eyes occasionally feel dry after a long day of screens, air-conditioning or contact lens wear, Avizor Lacrifresh Moisture 0.10% provides a hyaluronate-based lubricating option designed for environmentally associated occasional dryness.
But if you find yourself repeatedly saying:
“My eyes are always dry.”
that deserves a different question:
Why?
Dry-eye symptoms can have different underlying causes, and finding the right approach starts with understanding what is happening at the ocular surface.
Book a Dry Eye Assessment at Malaya Optical
If you experience:
- Persistent dry eyes
- Burning or gritty eyes
- Tired eyes after screen use
- Recurrent redness
- Fluctuating vision
- Contact lens discomfort
- Excessive watering
- Frequent need for lubricating drops
speak with a Malaya Optical optometrist.
Lacrifresh Moisture 0.10% is available through Malaya Optical at our locations in:
Jalan Imbi, Kuala Lumpur
Damansara Uptown, Petaling Jaya
SS15, Subang Jaya
Bandar Puteri, Puchong
Sometimes eye drops are enough. Sometimes your dry eyes are telling us to look deeper.
This article is intended for general educational purposes and does not replace an individual eye examination, diagnosis or medical advice. Always follow the instructions supplied with the specific eye-drop product you are using. Seek appropriate professional care for persistent, worsening or concerning eye symptoms.
Candy
Optometrist