so if you're somebody who suffers from dry eyes or red eyes I mean the burning
the stinging the fluctuating vision, then you're gonna love this video because
we're gonna be talking about the new dry eye treatment with the iLux device
and how this treatment could be the answer for your dry eye relief let's
take a look. hey everyone welcome this is dr. Joseph Allen here from doctor eye health
the channel helps them learn about the eyes ,vision to finding the best vision
product so if you new here consider subscribing. now the most common
cause of having dry eyes actually is not that the eyes aren't producing enough
tears but in fact as the tears evaporate too quickly and the most common cause
for of evaporative forms of dry eye has to do with something called meibomian
gland dysfunction. also known as MGD and that's where the oil glands of the
eyelids actually become blocked and inflamed and then those oil glands just
stop producing and that oil is really important because it actually sits on
top of your tears and prevents the tears from evaporating so if these oil glands
in the eyelid aren't functioning properly then this oil isn't going to be
sitting there and the tears can actually evaporate literally in the blink of an
eye and when your tears have you've apparated that's when you feel that
sandy gritty feeling on your eyes and your vision starts to fluctuate and it's
really really aggravating. and if these oil glands remained inflamed and clogged
up for too long the oil glands can actually die off and atrophy and once
they're dead you can't get them back and we know from studies that 86% of
everybody with dry eyes actually have some signs of this meibomian gland
disease and in clinics that specialize in dry eye treatments we actually have
instruments that can scan the health of these oil glands in the eyelid and we
can actually determine which ones are still functioning properly and which
ones are not and that's what the new eye iLux device comes into play now this is
not a sponsored video I'm just sharing this with you because I'm a dry sufferer
myself and I know this sort of technology is going to be able to help a
lot of people now the eye locks is actually a heating and compression
device that actually uses light to heat up the oil glands within the eyelid to
the precise temperature that the oils begin to melt and that's about 42
degrees Celsius once those oils have been heated they
run smoother so that we can use a gel pumping mechanism that actually pushes
on the eyelid and helps express those thickened oils from the eyelid therefore
allowing new oils to be produced which protects the tear film from evaporation
helps restore equilibrium to the ocular surface and prevents those oil glands
from dying off now the real advantages of the eye locks versus other sort of
treatments including warm compresses which I've been a fan of for years is
that the eye locks heats the oil glands to the exact temperature required to
melt those oil glands and holds that temperature so that it completely melt
those oils to actually secrete and then because of the design the doctor such as
myself can specifically target the exact oil glands that need to be expressed and
it allows me to visualize the success of the treatment in real time so if I can
see that I'm not getting enough of that oil expressed I can actually choose to
reheat and apply and actually attack that specific oil gland that's having
such a problem and you just don't get that with other treatments that are
available right now in addition the other thing I like is a practitioner is
that this device is very safe it's actually safer than a lot of the other
treatments on the market because it specifically heats up just the oil
glands and not the entire eye and because you're not putting excess
pressure on the eye you won't end up with distorted vision or with increased
pressure of the eyeball itself which is a risk for things like glaucoma now
again the whole point of the eye Lux device as a dry eye treatment is to help
restore oil production help improve dry eye symptoms and then prevent dry eyes
from getting worse so if you're somebody who has dry eye syndrome or maybe you
have some other form of ocular surface disease then I do encourage you to reach
out to your local eye doctor ask them if the eyeluxe device is available and if
it's right for you but again dry eyes is considered an ocular surface disease and
is multifactorial meaning there's many different things that contribute to dry
eyes so having an assessment by a doctor to figure out exactly what type of dry
eyes you have and exactly what is involved is going to help your prognosis
a lot in fact again remember 86% of all dry eye sufferers have some level of
meibomian gland dysfunction which I'll ox is specifically designed to treat so
it's pretty cool that we have this new technology so I ask questions a day do
you have any other questions about dry eyes and
general or do you have any specific questions about the ILX device go ahead
and comment the second below and connect with other reviewers and see what
they're doing to man it to their dry eye symptoms alright guys thanks so much for
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