Ocular surface disease is complex issue that is commonly referred to as “Dry eye”, which is both chronic, and progressive. Many things can contribute to it including contact lens wear, advanced age, medications, health conditions and environmental factors. As a result, patients often require a custom treatment plan. IPL for treating dry eye has been…
What Is OptiLight IPL & How Can It Manage Your Dry Eye?
Dry eye disease is widespread affecting up to 49 million Americans annually. This chronic condition can have a significant impact on your quality of life, causing a foreign body sensation in your eyes, pain, blurry vision, and dry or watery eyes. Untreated, it can even lead to further eye health complications. That’s were this revolutionary treatment…
IPL for Dry Eye: The Meibomian Gland Game Changer
The multifactorial disease known as commonly as “dry eye”, occurs by a loss of hemostasis of the tear film from instability, ocular surface inflammation and damage including neurological and morphology changes. Meibomian gland dysfunction or “MGD” is a chronic abnormality of the oil producing glands of the eye. MGD occurs when the oil glands become…
Is Dry Eye ruining your life? Costs of dry eye
Economics of dry eye: burden on us all If dry eye is left untreated, it can interfere with all aspect of your life, including economically from making less money, being less productive, to shelling out lots of cash for long term treatments. The consensus has been over the last few decades that treating your symptoms…
