Autologous Serum Tears for Severe Dry Eye
Dry eye disease is one of the most common reasons for visits to eye care providers. Dry eye causes burning, foreign body sensation, redness, and pain. Some patients are symptomatic with blurry or fluctuating vision. A minority of patients with dry eye will develop nerve damage on the ocular surface that results in scarring and poor vision. A number…
Read MoreThe One Where Jennifer Aniston Has Dry Eye
Shire Pharmaceuticals is building up its marketing for the newly FDA approved dry eye drop Xiidra. The pharma company recently tapped girl-next-door, gen X beauty Jennifer Aniston to promote the product. Shire is hopeful Ms. Aniston will heighten awareness for dry eye, which is too commonly underdiagnosed. The Dry Eye Center at Nashua Eye looks forward to evaluating Xiidra as a…
Read MoreXiidra vs. Restasis. Which is better for dry eye?
Xiidra (lifitegrast) has entered the market for dry eye treatment. The Dry Eye Center at Nashua Eye is looking forward to evaluating the benefit of this eye drop for inflammatory related ocular surface disease. Nashua Eye Associates already offers the a full compliment of dry eye therapies, including Lumenis IPL and Lipiflow. For more than a decade, Restasis has been the…
Read MoreNew Lumenis IPL for Dry Eye
IPL, intense pulsed light, is dry eye therapy with well documented benefits. Nashua Eye was the first in the region to acquire IPL technology in 2014 with DermaMed IPL. Dry eye patients, particularly those with dry eye related to ocular rosacea, or unhealthy oil glands along the edge the eye lid, have had wonderful symptomatic and visual improvements. The…
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