Are your eyes feeling irritated? Does your vision fluctuate, and your eyes water? The feeling of a foreign body in the eyes, stinging, burning, red eyes, blurry vision, and sensitivity to light can all be signs of dry eye disease. At GAVC, our Oakville eye doctors are well-equipped with the skills and knowledge to properly diagnose and treat dry eyes and ocular surface disease. We offer treatment for blepharitis, meibomian gland dysfunction, and ocular surface inflammation.
Clinical microblepharoexfoliation (or ZEST) is a medical treatment used to gently exfoliate and remove biofilm, debris, bacteria, and mites (demodex) around the eyelashes and eyelids safely. It is a same-day procedure, so you can get back to work or school without any hassle.
A meibomian gland expression is a safe treatment done by your doctor to push the hardened oils out of the meibomian glands in the eyelid. This treatment helps to create a healthy tear film. It is a same-day procedure, so you can get back to work or school without any hassle.
LipiFlow is a specialized dry eye procedure. Specifically, it is one of the main treatments to successfully manage meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).
It is a same-day in-office procedure performed by our Oakville eye doctors that gently massages the eyelids while applying consistent heat and pressure to unclog the ducts of the meibomian glands in order to restore homeostasis to the tear film.
Photobiostimulation therapy, enabled by LLLT, is a unique kind of near-infrared light therapy (NILT) that is completely painless yet extremely effective in managing a vast number of ocular surface conditions. LLLT acts at the cellular level, helping to increase microcirculation, tissue repair, and decrease inflammation. It is used to treat meibomian gland dysfunction, blepharitis, demodex, styes, and ocular rosacea, to name a few.
