Dry Eye Treatment

Wyoming is beautiful but nearly everyone who lives here will experience dry eye.

Dry Eye is a condition where the eye doesn’t produce enough quality tears to keep the eye lubricated. Symptoms of dry eyes include: blurred vision, excess watering, and irritated, gritty, scratchy or burning eyes.

Treatments for dry eyes aim to restore or maintain the normal amount of tears in the eye to minimize dryness and related discomfort and to maintain eye health and preserve vision.

  • Many factors can cause Dry Eye including: age, gender, pregnancy, medications, environmental conditions, and medical conditions

  • The doctors at Cheyenne Vision Clinic are experts at identifying Dry Eye with Lipiscan, special testing and microscopes

  • We  offer treatments customized for your needs: from prescription eye drops and  punctal plugs to the newest treatment technologies.

    Lipiflow and LipiView

    LipiFlow® treats dry eye caused by Meibomium Gland Disease (MGD) by warming and massaging the inside of the eyelids to restore healthy oil production and improve tear quality. Patients are evaluated to determine whether they suffer from MGD using LipiView®, an imaging device specifically designed to view the Meibomian glands (See Image).

    Intense Pulsed Light Therapy for Chronic Dry Eye and Skin Photoaging

    Introduced in 1994, Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) was initially used by dermatologists as a skin treatment for the effects of photoaging. IPL is used as a treatment for a range of skin issues like pigmentation, scars, spider veins, rosacea, acne and wrinkles.

    IPL is also a dry eye treatment that addresses the root cause of most dry eye issues: meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD). For patients with this condition, the meibomian glands are blocked, damaged, or do not function properly, which results in a decrease in oil production and eventually dry eye symptoms due to tear dehydration and evaporation. A 2012 study published in the journal Cornea showed that 86% of study participants with dry eye also had symptoms of MGD. 

    IPL uses short but powerful bursts of light of a specific wavelength to gently heat the skin around the meibomian glands, which in turn, melts any obstructions present in the glands. With the removal of any obstructions, the glands gain increased oil production that results in healthy tears.