8 Lifestyle and Environmental tricks to help fight Dry Eye
8 Lifestyle and Environmental tricks to help fight Dry Eye
Posted on 16 Jan 2020
EYES & STYES, for all the Ladies and Guys!
So great news, well maybe, we have research, fresh off the press, that demonstrated the uptick in eye surface inflammation, caused by allergies, leads to the dysfunction of the meibomian aka oil glands. This means that allergies are actually causing the oil glands to get clogged and not function optimally.
Posted on 28 Apr 2019
Scleral Lenses, What are THOSE!
Scleral contacts are basically B I G lenses whose edges, "land", on the white part of the eye, known as the sclera. These types of lenses allow us to improve patient’s vision that otherwise cannot be fixed with other contact lenses or glasses. If you've been told in the past that you cannot wear contact lenses because of an irregular cornea or other problems, you may want to get a second opinion and ask your eye doctor about scleral contact lenses. When it comes to Dry Eye, scleral contact lenses are typically reserved for helping us manage moderate to severe dry eye disease. These eyes are stubborn and tend to resist most of the therapies we throw at them.
Posted on 28 Apr 2019
The Self-Inflicted Dry Eye
As any Dry Eye specialist will tell you, there are many different variations of dry eye disease. The specific one we are going to discuss in this blog post is the one I term, “The Self-Inflicted Dry Eye”.
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8 Lifestyle and Environmental tricks to help fight Dry Eye
So great news, well maybe, we have research, fresh off the press, that demonstrated the uptick in eye surface inflammation, caused by allergies, leads to the dysfunction of the meibomian aka oil glands. This means that allergies are actually causing the oil glands to get clogged and not function optimally.
Scleral contacts are basically B I G lenses whose edges, "land", on the white part of the eye, known as the sclera. These types of lenses allow us to improve patient’s vision that otherwise cannot be fixed with other contact lenses or glasses. If you've been told in the past that you cannot wear contact lenses because of an irregular cornea or other problems, you may want to get a second opinion and ask your eye doctor about scleral contact lenses. When it comes to Dry Eye, scleral contact lenses are typically reserved for helping us manage moderate to severe dry eye disease. These eyes are stubborn and tend to resist most of the therapies we throw at them.
As any Dry Eye specialist will tell you, there are many different variations of dry eye disease. The specific one we are going to discuss in this blog post is the one I term, “The Self-Inflicted Dry Eye”.
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