Harvard Eye Associates - LASIK Orange County
LAGUNA HILLS • SAN CLEMENTE
Orange County, California
800-974-EYES (3937)
Orange County, California
800-974-EYES (3937)
LipiFlow® Thermal Pulsation System
Breakthrough Treatment for Dry Eye Disease
Harvard Eye Associates Introduces a Advanced Technology!
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featured on "The Doctors", click here to watch Dr. Hovanesian demonstrate breakthrough new technology for dry eye. Harvard Eye Associates is proud to be the first practice in Southern California to offer LipiFlow® Thermal Pulsation System, a revolutionary new treatment for the most common cause of Dry Eye disease.
Dry eye disease is often caused from degeneration or deficiencies in the oil layer of the eyes tear film. These oily lipids help provide a protective layer, so that the eyes aqueous (water) layer do not evaporate away. Lipiflow® can treat patients that may have meibomiam gland dysfunction caused from blocked oil glands. Once the glands are unblocked, the oily (lipid) layer may become restored, allowing for a healthy tear film. Meibomiam gland disease accounts for 86% of dry eye cases in the United States.
Diagnoses and Symptoms of Dry Eye
Dry eye disease is often goes undiagnosed. When it is diagnosed, it's difficult to accurately pinpoint since dry eye symptoms can mimic the same symptoms as those of other ailments, like eye allergies.
Dry eye disease has many symptoms including dryness, soreness, grittiness, visual fluctuation, and burning. Dry Eye can cause severe issues with reading, driving, working on a computer, wearing contacts and being outdoors, especially on windy days. As strange as it sounds, one common indication you might have dry eyes is actually excessive tearing of the eyes.
Tears are made up of three layers
Long-Term Problems of Dry Eye
Dry eye disease affects more than 100 million people throughout the world. This disease occurs in both aqueous and evaporative forms, with 65% of cases stemming from Evaporative Dry Eye. If not treated correctly, this can lead to more serious issues including cornea damage and other sight related issues.
LipiFlow® Thermal Pulsation fights Evaporative Dry Eye from the root of the problem by applying direct, controlled warmth and pressure to the inner eyelid and glands. Pulsations empty the affected glands of clogging oils, allowing for the eye's normal lipid flow to resume. The process is virtually pain free for patients and can usually be performed the same day as examination or through outpatient sessions.
In a clinical study, 79% of patients who underwent LipiFlow® Thermal Pulsation reported improvement of their symptoms within four weeks of the start of treatment. As gland function and normal lipid flow began to resume, patients reported being less susceptible to dry eye symptoms, many claiming complete symptom relief.
For more information: Dry Eye Disease
If you suffer from dry eye, please contact Harvard Eye Associates today!
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New techniques or improvements in a current technique are occasionally introduced to the medical world.
Harvard Eye Associates is a FDA clinical research study center for emerging technology. This great honor makes it possible for us to offer qualifying patients access to advancements in eye care not yet available to the general public.
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FDA Clinical Research Study
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