Eye drops add moisture to the surface of the eye — helpful for temporary relief, but they don’t change why your eyes are dry in the first place. If your meibomian glands are blocked or inflamed, drops are a bucket under a leak. Forma-I and Lumecca-I work upstream of the symptom: radiofrequency warmth helps unblock the oil glands so your natural tears regain their protective oily layer, and IPL calms the inflammation that keeps the cycle going. Drops still have a place in most treatment plans, especially early on. But for chronic dry eye rooted in gland dysfunction, treating the glands themselves is what actually moves the needle.