Dry Eye Treatment

Dry Eye can have a major impact on your quality of life. You may find your eyes get tired faster or you have difficulty reading. Not to mention the discomfort of a burning sensation or blurry vision. Let’s take a look at dry eye treatments – from simple self-care to innovative prescriptions and therapies – to help you see clearly and comfortably.

What is
Dry Eye?

Understanding dry eye will help you determine the best treatment option. Dry eye occurs when a person doesn't have enough quality tears to lubricate and nourish the eye. Tears reduce eye infections, wash away foreign matter, and keep the eye’s surface smooth and clear. People with dry eyes either do not produce enough tears or their tears are poor quality. It’s a common and often chronic problem, especially in older adults.

Preventive Self-Care

Before we delve into more serious dry eye treatment options, here are a few simple self-care options that can manage minor cases of dry eye.

  • Blink regularly when reading or staring at a computer screen for a long time.
  • Make sure there’s adequate humidity in the air at work and at home.
  • Wear sunglasses outside to reduce sun and wind exposure. Wraparound glasses are best.
  • Take supplements with essential fatty acids as these may decrease dry eye symptoms.
  • Drink 8 to 10 glasses of water each day to avoid dehydration.
  • Find out if any of your prescriptions have dry eye as a side effect and if so, see if you can take an alternative.

Artificial Tears

For mild cases of dry eyes, the best option is over-the-counter eye drops. Here are a few tips for selecting the right one:

  • Low viscosity – These artificial tears are watery. They often provide quick relief with little or no blurring of your vision, but their effect can be brief, and sometimes you must use these drops frequently to get adequate relief.
  • High viscosity – These are more gel-like and provide longer-lasting lubrication. However, these drops can cause significant blurring of your vision for several minutes. For this reason, high-viscosity artificial tears are recommended at bedtime.

Prescription Dry Eye Treatments

There are several prescriptions that treat dry eye differently. Your eye doctor can advise the best option for your situation.

  • Contact Lenses – There are specialty contact lenses that deliver moisture to the surface of the eye. They’re called scleral lenses or bandage lenses.
  • Antibiotics– If your eyelids are inflamed, this can prevent oil glands from secreting oil into your tears. Your doctor may recommend antibiotics to reduce inflammation.
  • Anti-inflammatory drugs – These are eye drops to control inflammation on the surface of your eyes (cornea) using the immune-suppressing medication cyclosporine (Restasis) or corticosteroids.
  • In office treatments to treat capped meibomian glands to stimulate glands expression.
  • Supplements
  • Eyelid hygiene treatments

You don’t have to suffer from the symptoms of dry eye. Talk to your optometrist about dry eye treatment options designed to address the underlying cause of your condition.

Vicle Dry Eye Spa

Non-Surgical Eye Rejuvenation

Restore strength, tone, and vitality to your eyes.

  • Doctor-led treatment
  • No needles
  • No downtime

For the treatment of dry eyes and ocular aesthetics
(brightening, tightening, lifting)

Why Eye Rejuvenation Matters

As we age, the muscles around eyes weaken.

This can lead to:

  • Droopy or tired -looking eyelids
  • Eyelid laxity
  • Reduced muscle tone
  • Incomplete blinking
  • Dry-eye symptoms
  • Loss of youthful eye support


Eye rejuvenation focuses on restoring both function and appearance of eye area.

How it Works:

Two advanced technologies combined:
Dynamic Muscle Stimulation

  • Lifts the eyelids
  • Supports the brows

Radiofrequency
Stimulates collagen and elastin to improve:

  • Skin firmness
  • Eyelid support
  • Periocular tissue strength

Muscle + Skin = Natural Lift