Dry Eye Therapy

Get Dry Eye Relief, Get Back Your Normal

Dry, scratchy eyes can make your day-to-day activities challenging. Don’t let dry eye ruin your night of binge-watching your favorite shows or focusing on a productive work day.

Our dedicated team is ready to help you with a comprehensive eye exam and personalized dry eye treatments, like the OptiLIGHT by Lumenis, to get to the root of your dry eye.

With your dry eye under control, you can get back to your daily activities without discomfort (like scrolling on social media for hours without realizing it or finally getting to that home project you’ve been putting off).

Start with booking an eye appointment. We would love to discuss our targeted dry eye treatments with you.

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Dryness, Redness, & Scratchiness—Oh My!

Dry eye is a condition that affects the moisture on the eye’s surface. This can happen when not enough tears are made, or the tears evaporate from the eye quickly.

Common dry eye symptoms include redness, stinging, scratching, burning, light sensitivity, watery eyes, eye mucus, and blurry vision.

What Causes Dry Eye?

You may be wondering why you are experiencing dry eye and what the risk factors are. Dry eye is commonly caused by a disruption to one or all of the tear film layers.

The tear film is made up of three layers: the oily layer, the watery layer, and the mucus layer. The oil layer helps to spread the tears evenly across the eye and keep the moisture in, the water layer helps to add moisture to the eye, and the mucus layer helps to keep the tears from escaping.

This disruption of the tear film can have many causes and risk factors, and an eye exam can help us understand each individual case. Risk factors can include anything from being over 65, living in a dry environment, and taking certain medications.

Dry eye can also be attributed to eye diseases such as meibomian gland dysfunction, blepharitis, and ocular rosacea.

We Treat You as an Individual

Every person is different, and your dry eye treatment should be unique to your needs. Our approach to dry eye therapy is a personal one.

We want to give you the best of both worlds: in-office solutions using modern dry eye technology and at-home options that can work seamlessly with your lifestyle.

Talk to us today about your dry eye symptoms, and let’s come up with a tailored treatment plan.

Eye Drops, Lid Hygiene, & Plugs

There are many great maintenance products we offer to soothe your irritated, dry eyes that can be used at home or on the go. These help to quickly add moisture to the eye or clean the area to have your eyes feeling fresh and revitalized:

Medicated eye drops
Punctal plugs
Eyelid sprays & hygiene products
Eyelid debridement

Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) Therapy

Intense pulsed light (IPL) therapy uses gentle pulses of light and heat to stimulate the blood vessels in the eye and help to unblock any clogged oil glands, which can happen with meibomian gland dysfunction.

This treatment is pain-free and can help to reduce inflammation and bacteria growth while restoring the moisture in the eye.

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OptiPLUS by Lumenis

OptiPLUS by Lumenis uses dual-frequency RF technology to manage dry eye caused by MGD. This FDA-cleared technology applies heat across several layers of the skin to help improve meibomian gland function with the added benefit of boosting collagen production.

OptiPLUS treatments can help:

Increase tear production: OptiPLUS treatments can help stimulate your body’s natural tear production, leaving your eyes feeling refreshed and lubricated.
Reduce inflammation: Dry eye can sometimes be caused by underlying inflammation. OptiPLUS can help reduce inflammation in your eyelids, leading to improved comfort.

Speak to our team today to learn more about if OptiPLUS is right for you.

Meibomian Gland Expression

If your meibomian glands are blocked, the oily layer of the tear film cannot be spread onto the eye. This is where meibomian gland expression comes in. Meibomian gland expression helps to remove the blockage from the glands so that the natural oils can be released onto the eye surface.

Meibomian gland expression can be diagnostic, therapeutic, or both to understand if the patient might have meibomian gland dysfunction and to help treat it.

Gland expression can be done manually, using tools like a Q-tip expressor paddle, or combined with treatments like IPL, where heat and light can express the glands.

Omega-3 Supplements & Eye Nutrition

It’s been found that consuming Omega-3 supplements can be an effective dry eye treatment. Omega-3 supplements can help improve symptoms such as inflammation and gland function and can even help prevent the risk of dry eye.

There is also evidence that Omega-3 supplements may help treat other eye diseases like age-related macular degeneration.

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Let Us Help You Feel Like You Again

Dry eye is a common condition, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t seek treatment for irritating symptoms. Let us find the treatment that works for your dry eye so that you can get back to the activities you love in comfort (like rewatching old romantic comedies).

Get started with an appointment today!

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