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Why We Created The BYE Company: Our Mission to Rethink Eye Care

We did not start The BYE Co. in a boardroom. We started it in the gaps between clinics — in car parks, airport lounges and locum consulting rooms, with tired eyes and a growing list of questions we...

Dry Eyes On Long Flights: Cabin Air Survival Guide

We built The BYE Co. in airport lounges. Our founder is a practising optometrist who spent years travelling between practices across the UK and over to Northern Ireland, and the pattern was always ...

How Long Does a 100ml Bottle of BYE STYE Last? (And When to Restock)

It is one of the questions we are asked most often, and it is a fair one. If you have built BYE STYE into your daily eyelid hygiene routine, you want to know how long a bottle realistically lasts b...

Warm Compress vs Hypochlorous Mist: Do You Need Both?

If you have ever had a stye, a flare of blepharitis, or that gritty end-of-day dryness, you have probably been told two things: use a warm compress, and keep your lids clean. What nobody explains i...

Wedding Eye Prep: A 2-Week Plan for Clear, Calm Lids

Every bride, groom and member of the wedding party we speak to has a skin plan, a hair plan and a nail plan. Almost nobody has an eye plan — and yet the eyes are exactly where the camera lives. A s...

Why Does My Stye Keep Coming Back in the Same Spot?

If you have ever felt that familiar tender bump appear on the same part of your eyelid for the third or fourth time, you are not imagining it. A stye that returns to the same spot is one of the mos...

Hypochlorous Acid Mist for Daily Eye Care

If you follow skincare trends, you have probably noticed hypochlorous acid appearing everywhere — from post-workout sprays to sensitive skin routines. But as optometrists, the question we get asked...

Hypochlorous Acid Spray for Styes: Optometrist Guide

If you have ever woken up with a tender, swollen bump on your eyelid, you already know how uncomfortable a stye can be. At The Bye Co., we are optometrists first — and styes are one of the most com...

Why Buying a Dual Pack Facial Mist Can Save Time and Money

If a facial mist is part of your daily routine, you already know the small frustration of picking up the bottle mid-week and hearing that hollow, half-empty spritz. For most skincare products, runn...

As Seen on BBC: Why Everyone is Talking About Styes This Summer

If you've turned on the TV recently, you may have caught a segment on the BBC — the UK's national broadcaster — where an optometrist Humaira Bham, explained why styes seem to flare up just as the w...