Dry Eye Clinic in Danville

BlephEx is a quick and painless in-office treatment used to help promote good eyelid hygiene.

Using the handheld device with a spinning micro-sponge tip, your optometrist will gently exfoliate along your eyelids and eyelashes. This process removes bacteria and debris to help keep your eyelids healthy, which is critical for normal tear production.

Lascrisert is a preservative-free way to help eliminate your dry eye symptoms all day long.

The prescription lubricant is inserted into the eye by gently taking hold of the corner of your lower eyelid and pulling it out to create a pocket. Next, place Lascrisert into the pocket and pull the lid up and over it. Release and allow the insert to settle into the pocket.

Lascrisert softens within one hour and completely dissolves within 14–18 hours.

Lid debridement is the method of scaling the margin at the base of the lashes and the thin line of the eyelid that contacts the eye. The scaling is meant to remove debris and bacteria that are affecting the meibomian glands.

The meibomian glands produce the oil in your tear film that helps ensure your tears aren’t evaporating too quickly. When the meibomian glands are healthy, so are your tears.

Meibomian gland expression is a technique used to gently squeeze out the oil from the meibomian glands, which are located along the edge of your eyelids, to remove any oil clogging the glands.

Thick oil can block the glands, stopping oil from reaching the tear film. Once unclogged, healthy oil can continue to flow back into your tears.

We offer prescription eye drop developed to treat chronic dry eye disease caused by decreased tear production. When used twice a day, every day, 12 hours apart, they can help increase your eye’s natural tear production.

Specialized artificial tears, or medicated eye drops, may be a useful option for managing dry eye symptoms.

Recently, new tear formulas with higher concentrations of hyaluronic acid and phosphate-free are available to patients with tear deficiencies. We can help you find the right formula for your eyes.

Heat therapy can be extremely effective if delivered and applied correctly to the eyelid margins.

We use a specific type of heating pad that reaches over 109 degrees and has been clinically proven to help melt the meibum (oil) back to its liquid state, helping to keep the eyes hydrated. The extent and time of the treatment is customized in your dry eye evaluation.

Punctal plugs are tiny medical devices inserted into the tear ducts to keep fluid from draining from the eyes. These plugs help to keep the eyes moist and relieve discomfort while being very low maintenance.

IPL (intense pulsed light) therapy is an in-office treatment designed to reduce inflammation linked to dry eye disease. This noninvasive procedure uses light energy to eliminate some of the factors contributing to inflammation, like irregular blood vessels.

By treating the inflammation at the source, IPL allows the eye to produce a healthier tear film, which can alleviate dry eye symptoms.

Certain nutrients and vitamins can help manage dry eye.

Omega-3s are especially beneficial for those with dry eyes. Fish, like salmon, sardines, and mackerel are good sources of omega-3s, as are walnuts and flaxseed. Omega-3 supplements are another way to get more of the nutrients you need to enhance the overall health of your eye tissue.

The TearCare® System is intended for the application of localized heat therapy in adult patients with evaporative dry eye disease due to meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), when used in conjunction with manual expression of the meibomian glands.

TearCare is a revolutionary solution for dry eye sufferers. Using innovative technology, it delivers targeted, regulated warmth to the eyelids, promoting the efficient release of oils from the Meibomian glands, crucial for stable tear film. This process optimizes tear production and reduces evaporation, alleviating dry eye symptoms. TearCare’s precise and non-invasive approach offers a quick, comfortable, in-office procedure. By enhancing the quality and quantity of tears, TearCare significantly improves ocular comfort, vision clarity, and overall eye health for those struggling with dry eye, making daily discomfort a thing of the past.