Professional Dry Eye Treatment
Dry eye can impact your quality of life. Many patients dismiss symptoms as allergies, digital eye strain, or something that will pass with time. But putting up with burning, scratchy, tired, light-sensitive eyes can affect your eye health, mood, and vision.
At Pack Optical, our Fort Worth optometrist takes the time to shed light on your symptoms and provide an in-depth understanding of your options. With a personalized strategy, we can help you discover solutions that work for your unique needs.
Dry eye is manageable, and you don’t have to suffer needlessly.
What Is Dry Eye?
The eye’s surface needs a constant layer of tears (the tear film) to provide nourishment and moisture. Dry eye is when the tear film lacks quality or quantity. Tears are mostly water, but the 3 layers (aqueous, oil, and mucus) work together to deliver nutrients, retain moisture longer, and help tears stick to the eye’s surface.
Symptoms of Dry Eye
Common symptoms of dry eye include:
- Blurry vision
- Redness
- Burning or stinging
- Gritty or scratchy feeling
- Light sensitivity
- Watery eyes
How Do We Customize Dry Eye Treatment?
At Pack Optical, we understand that every patient’s experience with dry eye is unique. That’s why customizing treatment based on your individual needs helps us make a meaningful difference. We listen, learn how your symptoms affect you, and perform a thorough evaluation to determine appropriate action for your specific needs.
Our goal is helping you achieve comfortable and clear vision, so you can get back to enjoying your daily activities without disruptions.
IPL (Intense Pulsed Light)
IPL therapy is a noninvasive treatment option that helps significantly relieve symptoms by restoring tear quality. Light is used to generate heat which penetrates the skin. The warmth helps melt natural oils in the meibomian glands (tears glands in the eyelids) and soothe inflammation. Reducing inflammation can improve oil flow and ocular rosacea, decreasing redness and discomfort.
Artificial Tears & Eye Drops
Artificial tears can help support tear quality and add moisture. For example, Regener-Eyes can increase lubrication and hydration of the corneal surface. With various options available, we can recommend and prescribe eye drops based on your unique needs.
Lid Expression
Lid expression is an in-office procedure that helps to unclog the meibomian glands (oil glands) by gently massaging the eyelids. The oil (meibum) released by the meibomian glands is essential for overall tear quality as it helps moisture last longer.
Clearing the meibomian glands of trapped oils can be particularly effective for patients suffering from eyelid inflammation caused by blepharitis or meibomian gland dysfunction.
Warm Compresses
Moist, warm compresses are a simple and effective way to help alleviate symptoms caused by poor tear quality. Warmth helps improve the flow of natural oils (produced by the meibomian glands in the eyelids). Combining the moist heat and a moment of closing your eyes can also soothe the sensations of burning, scratchy, tired eyes.
We recommend using a gentle, microwavable mask that can be heated and applied to the eyes for a few minutes daily.
Radiofrequency (RF)
This noninvasive technology has both medical and aesthetic applications for skin tightening and dry eye. It promotes collagen production from deep within your skin to assist with healing age spots, fine lines, and other superficial blemishes. The gentle heat energy from RF can also break up blockages in the meibomian glands to promote healthy tear production.
What Is Radiofrequency (RF)? Learn About RF Technology
Similar to IPL therapy, RF technology offers both medical and aesthetic benefits. This noninvasive skin tightening technology can help treat and combat your dry eye symptoms while stimulating collagen production.
At Pack Optical, we use RF therapy for:
- Skin tightening solutions
- Skin contouring
- Reducing age spots
- Smoothing fine lines
- Melting thick oil secretions in the eyelids
- Improving the quality of your tears
Reach out to our qualified team to learn more about how RF technology can help you reach your medical and aesthetic goals.
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Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (Dry Eye) Treatment Plan
We take a comprehensive approach to treating dry eye and helping you achieve long-lasting results. Dry eye can occur due to various factors, both external and internal. Our goal is to thoroughly assess each aspect and help you overcome this bothersome eye condition so you can get back to enjoying life without discomfort.
Just as your dry eye may have taken some time to develop, it takes time and dedication to get back to your regular self. Click the drop downs to learn how we treat dry eye disease caused by meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).
Step 1 | IPL Therapy
Total Sessions: 4
Purpose: To reduce inflammation around the eyes. This allows the oil-producing meibomian glands to produce more lubrication for the eyes.
Step 2 | Radiofrequency (RF)
Total Sessions: 4
Purpose: To melt the thick oil secretions, improving the quality of your tears. This helps prevent the tear film from evaporating too quickly.
Step 3 | Manual Expression
Total Sessions: 4 or more
Purpose: To unclog the thick secretions from meibomian glands to promote secretion of new healthy oils and to clear any blockages.
Step 4 | Regener-Eyes
Sessions: 6-week eye drop therapy
Purpose: To eliminate the irritation from the front surface of the eye and rebalance the tear film through unique proteins.
See Our Dry Eye Reviews
When the Dr asked me how my dry eye went, I told her ” what dry eye “.
Much improvement. I can see clearly in the mornings and afternoons where before there was lots of dryness.
It has made my daily life much better. I am not constantly squeezing and rubbing my eyes, and can more easily focus on my computer (for work) and other tasks/hobbies. My eyes overall “feel” 100% better. No more itchy, dry eyes! My vision is also crisper now, and I don’t feel like I am straining to see things clearly.
Drastic improvement in day-to-day comfort. I didn’t realize how much it could be improved and extermely glad to treat my dry eye symptoms. The Pack Optical team were intentional to provide comfort through the entire process and support specific needs. Grateful for the full team through each step of the process.
The experience was easy and office staff is wonderful. Dry eye symptoms are mostly improved. I still have days with dry eye symptoms but they’re not as bad as before.
Even though I still have allergy eyes, they aren’t as bad as they used to be. I am so glad I invested in my eyes and had the treatment. Highly recommend the treatment and Pack Optical.
I work on a computer all day, this really reduced my eye strain. My eyes just feel better, even with allergies.
The treatment has really made an improvement on my dry eyes. I’m finally feeling relief.
I don’t think one should take eye sight health for granted. Knowing a treatment can improve my eye quality to reduce dryness and abrasions was important to me. Process is easy and painless. Great staff….
The treatment experience was amazing – the people made the experience for me! I did not have any dry eye symptoms before the treatment, so I have not noticed a difference since having been treated. But everyone was so understanding and accommodating (except one individual who works here has been very rude in my experiences with her – If I had to have her as a technician, I would not come here anymore)!
My eyes are feeling great, I didn’t realize how dry they were until completing treatment. I was already familiar with IPL treatments, and found the experience relaxing.
Get in Touch to Get Relief
Don’t let dry eye symptoms interfere with your daily life! Book your appointment at Pack Optical now. Let us help you achieve clear and comfortable vision so you can get back to doing what you love.
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Find us 10 minutes from downtown Fort Worth, on Airport Freeway right between Beach St and Haltom Rd.
Our Address
- 1217 Oak Knoll Drive
- Fort Worth, TX 76117
Contact Us
- Phone: 817-831-6141
- Fax: 682-647-3909
- Email: [email protected]
Clinic Hours
- Monday: 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM
- Tuesday: 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM
- Wednesday: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
- Thursday: 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM
- Friday: Closed
- Saturday: Closed
- Sunday: Closed
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Pack Optical + Med Spa
- 1217 Oak Knoll Drive
- Fort Worth, TX 76117
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P: 817-831-6141
F: 682-647-3909
[email protected]
