Dry Eye

About 30 million people in the U.S. and 300 million people worldwide suffer from dry, itchy, painful eyes on a daily basis.

The most common cause for dry eye is Meibomian Gland Dysfunction. In MGD, the Meibomian glands, which mix natural oils into your tears, become blocked. When your tears don’t have enough oil in them, they evaporate too quickly and can’t lubricate your eyes properly.

Meibomian Gland Dysfunction is a chronic, progressive condition. But it is treatable.

The LipiFlow Thermal Pulsation System from TearScience is one of the only treatments to target the leading cause of dry eye: blockages in the Meibomian glands.

Step 1: You’ll be given a LipiFlow scan, which makes sure LipiFlow is the proper treatment for your dry eyes. This scan only takes 10 minutes.

Step 2: LipiFlow eyepieces are applied to your eyelids, and they use gentle pulses of heat and pressure to open up your blocked ducts. The entire LipiFlow treatment takes about 12 minutes.

Step 3: Your Meibomian glands are unblocked and can now function normally, providing your eyes with the natural oils they need to stay comfortable.

IPL stands for intense pulsed light. This technology has been used for many years by dermatologists to treat skin conditions like rosacea and sunspots. IPL helps to blanch abnormal blood vessels in rosacea and fades sunspots by utilizing filters that only allow certain wavelengths of light to penetrate the skin and target hemoglobin and melanin. In ocular rosacea and blepharitis, there are abnormal blood vessels along the eyelid margin that produce inflammation in the meibomian glands. These glands play an important role in maintaining the oil layer in tears. Without a healthy oil layer, tears evaporate more quickly which can exacerbate dry eyes. IPL can shrink these vessels and decrease the inflammatory burden on the oil producing meibomian glands, thus improving dry eye.

PRN features re-esterified triglyceride omega 3 products, which are free from toxins and alcohol. The omega 3 products are absorbed by your body three times better than store-bought fish oil.

To find out which dry eye treatment is right for you, visit us today for a dry eye evaluation!