Dry Eye Therapy

Your Eye Comfort Matters

Whether you’re working in an office, taking the kids to school, or just relaxing in the backyard on a sunny day, comfortable vision can make life all the more enjoyable.

Dry eye, however, can ruin memorable moments. What used to be enjoyable could now be arduous and uncomfortable. Reducing daily discomfort is why we make it a priority to help you manage your dry eye symptoms with the help of personalized strategies.

Take a peek at our approach today, or book a dry eye appointment to find the relief you deserve.

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What Is Dry Eye?

Dry eye is a common eye condition that can develop when the quality or quantity of your tears changes. In severe cases, dry eye could increase your risk of corneal damage, affecting your vision.

Our approach to dry eye care is to detect symptoms early and provide a strategy to help address your discomfort. In some cases, we might recommend regular treatments to help maintain your eye comfort.

Understanding Your Tears

Your tear film is made up of 3 essential ingredients:

Mucus, which spreads tears evenly across your eye’s surface.
Water, which hydrates your eyes and washes away particles and bacteria.
Oil, which seals in your tears and helps stop them from evaporating too quickly.

You can develop 2 types of dry eye: evaporative dry eye and aqueous deficiency dry eye.

Evaporative dry eye can occur when an issue affects the oil content in your tears, causing them to evaporate more quickly. Aqueous deficiency dry eye can occur when there isn’t enough water in your tears to hydrate your eyes.One of the most common issues that can affect your tears is meibomian gland dysfunction, which can reduce the oil in your tears and is a common cause of evaporative dry eye.

Dry Eye Symptoms

Some common dry eye symptoms include:

Eye redness and irritation
Blurred vision or fluctuations in vision quality
Watery eyes
Discomfort when wearing contact lenses
Light sensitivity
Excess mucus near your eyes
Dryness, burning, stinging, or scratching sensations in your eyes

Dry Eye Risk Factors

Some common risk factors for dry eye disease include:

Tear gland damage
Chronic diseases
Age and biological sex
Digital device use
Excessive smoke and wind exposure
Prolonged contact lens wear

OptiLight By Lumenis

OptiLight by Lumenis is a light-based, noninvasive treatment done in the area below the eyes to manage dry eye. The first and only IPL FDA-approved for dry eye management.

The treatment is safe, gentle, and is backed by more than 20 clinical studies.

OptiLight uses precise pulses of light to reduce the inflammation that is typically associated with dry eye disease, improve tear break-up time, and increase meibomian gland functionality.

This application can significantly relieve dry eye indicators and has a multi-factorial effect, including: