Dry Eyes That Won't Quit? How IPL Treatment Works at Bergen Optometry in Hackensack, NJ
Dry eye rarely announces itself loudly. It shows up as stinging at your desk, a gritty feeling when you wake up, or contacts you can't wear past noon. So you buy drops. They help for an hour, and the cycle starts again. When drops only work briefly, the cause is usually somewhere else. The Problem Sits in Your Eyelids Along the edge of each eyelid are meibomian glands. They release the oil that keeps your tears from evaporating. When those glands get clogged or inflamed, a condition called meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), your tears vanish too quickly and your eyes dry out, no matter how many drops you use. Where IPL Fits In OptiLight by Lumenis is the first and only IPL (intense pulsed light) treatment FDA-approved for dry eye disease caused by MGD. More than 20 clinical studies support it. The light pulses are applied to the skin around your eyes. They reduce inflammation, help the glands work better, and lengthen tear break-up time. They also lower the number of Demodex mites...