Our Dry Eye Blogs are written by East Main Vision Clinic team members especially for you, our valued patients!
Can Lack of Sleep Cause Dry Eyes?
January 30, 2023
Sleep is an essential part of life for all living organisms, including humans and animals. It is a crucial aspect of overall health and well-being, making it vital to get enough sleep to function optimally. Sleep is a time when the body and brain rest and repair themselves.
Why IPL Is the Best Treatment for Ocular Rosacea
December 2, 2022
Intense pulsed light (IPL) therapy is a treatment with notable uses. Some of the common ones are in treating dry eye and ocular rosacea. It is effective due to its anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties. Here is a look at why it is the best treatment for ocular rosacea.
What MGD Symptoms Does IPL Help Alleviate?
November 22, 2022
Tears help keep the eyes healthy and lubricated. Failing to produce adequate tears or producing poor-quality tears can lead to dry eyes. Problems with tear balance can lead to a condition known as dry eye syndrome.
Intro To IPL
August 19, 2022
Over the last few years, we have grown the Dry Eye Center and helped so many patients manage their dry eye and become symptom free! I continue to look for better solutions with results-based therapies, so, I am excited to announce our purchase of the Lumenis Optilight. We are now able to use this highly specialized equipment to do IPL.
How Does Intense Pulsed Light Work for Dry Eye?
July 31, 2022
Do you know the importance of tears? They are the body’s natural way of keeping the eyes lubricated, moist, and comfortable. When you blink, a film of tear fluid covers the eye’s surface at a certain thickness for a given period of time. That is what experts call tear stability.
What is Keratinization?
April 25, 2022
Keratinization is a biofilm that we naturally build up that is made up of debris from our tears which happens to sit along our waterline and often blocks our meibomian glands from secreting the natural oils that we need on the surface of the eye. It is particularly important to keep the top of our oil glands free from any debris build up, so they can function properly and secrete that oil we need within our tears for better comfort of the eyes.
How to Prevent Dry Eyes While Wearing Contact Lenses
March 11, 2022
Ever feel stuck in the middle? Well, that’s what a contact does, it sandwiches in the middle of your tear film and cornea! While they offer an excellent source of vision, contacts can interrupt our tear film and cause additional problems, especially if you are already prone to dry eyes or allergies.
You’ve Had Your iLUX Treatment; Now What?
January 14, 2022
So, you’ve had your iLUX treatment and now you’re wondering what to do next? If that’s you, continue reading! After you have your iLUX treatment, it’s very important to be compliant with continued aftercare so that we can continue to improve and keep our meibomian glands clear and functioning properly.
What Triggers Dry Eye
December 15, 2021
Dry eye syndrome is a condition that arises when your eyes do not produce sufficient tears to lubricate themselves. Tears may be inadequate for several reasons, one including the meibomian glands producing poor-quality oil or very little to no oil.
Identifying and Curing a Demodex Infestation
December 8, 2021
Thinking about Christmas just around the corner and one of my favorite Christmas movies; The Grinch© I started thinking about the little “grinch mites” called Demodex; that can reside in the base of many of the population’s eyelashes. As I tell our patients; this isn’t a hygiene issue per say, because we all have little microorganisms all over our bodies, and those little guys have their purpose. What we don’t want is for the Demodex mites to become overpopulated.
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