Dry Eye Therapy

Lubricating eye drops, gels, and ointments are important to help regenerate injured and inflamed superficial eye tissues. Preservative-free and phosphate-free drops reduce both the risk of damage to the cells on the eye’s front surface and an imbalance of the natural tear film.

Short-term and long-term prescription eye drop treatments are available to combat eye infections, inflammation, and to produce enhanced quality and quantity of tears.

BlephEx™ is an in-office treatment designed to clean the eyelids’ margins and lash line to combat blepharitis.

Using a small, spinning medical-grade sponge, BlephEx™ gently exfoliates the upper and lower lids, removing bacterial debris and biofilm. This treatment helps maintain healthy gland function which alleviates the chronic symptoms of blepharitis, dry eyes, and chronic infections.

I-Lux is a treatment performed in-office that targets meibomian gland dysfunction, a major contributor of dry eye disease. The procedure administers therapeutic heat to the eyelids and then expresses the oil directly from the blocked glands. Once the glands are unblocked, oil easily flows through those glands with every natural blink to hydrate and oxygenate the surface of the cornea. This helps to relieve symptoms of dry eye including tearing, redness and irritation.

Nutritional supplements, including omega-3 fatty acids EPA, DHA, and omega-6 GLA, are recommended long-term management strategies for chronic dry eye disease. They are associated with improving blood flow, reducing inflammation, and increasing the production of tears.