Treatment experiences

Learn from people who have tried dry eye treatments.

Share what happened, what helped, what did not, and what you wish you knew before starting.

IPL

Intense pulsed light treatment used by some clinics for dry eye associated with meibomian gland dysfunction and eyelid inflammation.

Controlled radiofrequency energy used to warm tissue around the eyelids and support meibomian gland treatment.

An in-office thermal pulsation system designed to heat and express obstructed meibomian glands.

A wearable eyelid-heating system used with clinician-performed meibomian gland expression.

A procedure that uses very fine probes to enter meibomian gland openings and address suspected obstruction.

A cross-linked hyaluronic acid canalicular gel intended to temporarily block tear drainage.

Large rigid contact lenses that vault the cornea and hold a fluid reservoir over the eye surface.

Eye drops prepared from a patient's platelet-rich plasma for selected ocular-surface conditions.

Eye drops produced from a patient's blood serum and used for selected severe ocular-surface conditions.

Manual or device-assisted pressure used to express obstructed oil glands in the eyelids.

Small devices placed in tear-drainage openings to help retain tears on the eye surface.

A handheld eyelid-cleaning device intended to assist with daily eyelid hygiene.

An in-office powered eyelid-margin cleaning procedure used for eyelid debris and blepharitis management.

Biologic tissue placed on the eye surface to support healing in selected severe ocular-surface conditions.

Experiences are self-selected personal reports from DryEyeCircle respondents. They are not medical advice or clinical effectiveness data.