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What is Dry Eye Syndrome?
Assessment of your Dry Eyes
Do you experience eye discomfort causing itchy, red or tired eyes?
It’s time for you to speak with one of our expert dry eye trained optometrists in Melbourne!
Pre-assessment checklist:
All the above Optometrist recommendations are to assess your eyes in their rawest and driest condition.
To discover the cause of your dry eye especially if you are experiencing dry eye symptoms, book athorough, one-hour, dry eye assessment today. We have treated thousands of dry eye patients to help either significantly reduce or eliminate their dry eye symptoms.
Start your dry eye journey with us today to answer your questions, alleviate your discomfort and improve your quality of life.
Diagnosis of your dry eye symptoms
THE DRY EYE JOURNEY with Melbourne Dry Eye Group
Have a couple of questions you need answered before your Dry Eye Assessment? Look no further! We offer a ten-minute, FREE tele health phone consultation with one of our Optometrists before you book in your dry eye assessment. Click here to book your free dry eye assessment.
STEP 1 Book an Assessment
Call one of our three Optometry and Dry Eye Clinic locations at 1300 88 2020 to book your initial assessment for your dry eyes.
STEP 2 Diagnosis
The Optometrist will conduct several tests during your Dry Eye Assessment to determine the cause of your dry eyes, and will share the diagnosis with you
STEP 3 Action Plan
Your Optometrist will create a tailored action plan to help treat your dry eyes. Our Dry Eye patients have reported significant dry eye symptom reduction after their treatment!
STEP 4 Treatment
For mild dry eyes, the Optometrist may provide you with a mixture of solutions and/ or warm compress masks for home treatment. For more severe dry eyes, the Optometrist may use the latest dry eye equipment to treat your dry eyes within the clinic as part of a clinical action plan.
STEP 5 Management
Our team will support and help you treat dry eyes from the initial phone call, all the way to managing your dry eye condition at home. Your Optometrist will additionally provide you with an email address that you can use to send in your inquiries and clarifications.
It is recommended to visit the Optometrist for a comprehensive eye examination every twelve months to monitor the general health of your eyes. Booking in subsequent dry eye examinations are scheduled by your Optometrist depending on your dry eyes cause and treatment.
Please note that you need to have a valid Medicare card in order to be eligible for the free telehealth consultation.
Action Plan
Your dry eye treatment procedure ‘Action Plan’
Through careful analysis of your dry eyes, ranging from questionnaires to the latest dry eye diagnostic machinery, our eye doctors determine the root of your condition.
Many Optometrists in Australia will prescribe eye drops to help alleviate dry eye symptoms. If you have severe dry eyes, this will not act as a sufficient preventative treatment. Our Optometrists are passionate about studying and diagnosing your dry eyes to come up with the best way, to help your eye health improve long term.
Once your condition has been accurately diagnosed, your Optometrist will create a tailored action plan to help alleviate discomfort caused by having dry eyes.
Dry eye treatment procedures vary depending on the cause of your dry eyes. Dry eye symptoms can be reduced significantly after only the first day of treatments!
Treatment
Treatments to reduce or eliminate your dry eye symptoms
The most reported symptoms from our dry eye patients include:
- Tired eyes causing headaches
- Burning sensation in eyes with or without tears
- Eye throbbing or eye pain
- Red eyes
- Eye irritation or itchy eyes
- Blurred vision
Please note that having these symptoms doesn’t mean you have dry eyes. Optometrists recommend having your eyes tested every twelve months to check your eye health. Each of our eye clinics is equipped with the latest eye technology to examine your eye and to diagnose optical conditions.
Some of the treatments available at our Optometry and Dry Eye Group Clinics include:
Blephex Treatment
Patients suffering from blepharitis report significant improvement in their blepharitis signs and symptoms after having blephex treatments. To date, this treatment is the most advanced blepharitis treatment available.
Blephasteam Treatment
Blephasteam was the first eyelid heat therapy treatment to improve ocular health, vision and comfort.
Gland Expression Treatment
This treatment is practised immediately after more intense dry eye treatment such as Lipiflow and Intensive Pulse Light (IPL) treatments to unblock and realise oils in meibomian glands. This treatment usually requires a local anaesthetic to reduce eye discomfort.
Intensive Pulse Light (IPL) Treatment
More intense treatments to heat and unblock the meibomian glands to restore them to their normal and healthy function.
Lipiflow Treatment
The newest dry eye treatment, in–chair procedure opening and clearing, blocked meibomian glands to resume natural production of lipids needed for a healthy tear film.
Medicated Eye Drops
Systemic Medication
The cost of dry eye treatments ranges from $180.00 to $1980.00. There are packaged deals depending on the treatment options the Optometrist outlines in your action plan.
Management
How to continue reducing your dry eyes through calculated management
Once your dry eyes have been assessed, diagnosed, an action plan in place our Optometrists will continue to give you at home dry eyes remedies to continue managing your dry eyes post–treatments at our eye clinic. It is recommended to visit our dry eye group clinics annually to check the progress of your dry eyes and eye health.
Our team will send out a reminder via your preferred method when it is time to book in your next examination.
All our dry eye products, including dry eye mask refills and dry eye solutions, can be purchased online and can be shipped to your preferred address upon request. Alternatively, you can contact us to put aside products for same-day pick up.
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