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  • #16
    Originally posted by hyzlt7980 View Post

    HiCwhere did you do lipiflow in Toronto. I want to do lipiflow in Toronto but I do not know where to go
    I created a website just for this:

    http://dryeyetoronto.com/dry-eye-specialists.html

    see Dr Richard Maharaj, best dry eye specialist in Toronto area.

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      • #18
        Originally posted by deep_dry_eye View Post
        I did LipiFlow x4 times and doing monthly-IPL. LipiFlow costs around 1k CAD in Toronto, and monthly-IPL costs less than 1k/year (12 treatments in a year, monthly).

        I recommend you to do both. IPL somehow has the ability to reduce inflammation, I recommend you to do monthly-IPL to reduce inflammation until it is gone. LipiFlow can remove any internal blockage inside the glands. Both are needed. If you reduce blockages with LipiFlow without reducing inflammation, it will get blocked again. IPL without LipiFlow may also not work if there is internal blockages.

        I also recommend you to ask your Dr on Xiidra and Restasis. Both drugs work to reduce inflammation and worked quite well for me. I am currently on both Xiidra and Restasis BID as well.
        Hi, I am now on xiidra. Do you think xiidra can treat the inflammation without adding restasis. Also, I have no place to do IPL. Do you think I can do lipiflow and then continue using xiidra to control inflammation

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        • #19
          Originally posted by hyzlt7980 View Post

          Hi, I am now on xiidra. Do you think xiidra can treat the inflammation without adding restasis. Also, I have no place to do IPL. Do you think I can do lipiflow and then continue using xiidra to control inflammation
          Yes -- give that a try and report!

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          • #20
            Yes if you can't access IPL then for sure do lipiflow. Can your doc debride the lid margins before the lipiflow Blephex I think it is called that is with a little dremel type tool but it can also be done with a surgical scraper.

            https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24145633
            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNQO_h6C1qE

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            • #21
              Originally posted by hyzlt7980 View Post

              HiCwhere did you do lipiflow in Toronto. I want to do lipiflow in Toronto but I do not know where to go
              http://dryeyetoronto.com/dry-eye-specialists.html

              It's around 1.3k CAD for both eyes in GTA.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by farmgirl View Post
                Yes if you can't access IPL then for sure do lipiflow. Can your doc debride the lid margins before the lipiflow Blephex I think it is called that is with a little dremel type tool but it can also be done with a surgical scraper.

                https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24145633
                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNQO_h6C1qE
                Sound very good. I will ask the doc.
                And I watched the video. Looks like the
                Blephex is used to kill demodex (does demodex meas mite?). However, I had my eyelash tested, and the results show there is barely no mite(or demodex) in my eyelash. So do you think I have the need to do this???

                By the way, I never feel itching in my eyelash

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by hyzlt7980 View Post

                  Sound very good. I will ask the doc.
                  And I watched the video. Looks like the
                  Blephex is used to kill demodex (does demodex meas mite?). However, I had my eyelash tested, and the results show there is barely no mite(or demodex) in my eyelash. So do you think I have the need to do this???

                  By the way, I never feel itching in my eyelash
                  BlephEx just cleans the lid margins, it doesn't kill demodex.

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                  • #24
                    I know that the video shows it killing mites but from what I understand I think deepdryeye is right I think ot does more than that. I think it cleans the old gunk out that caps the glands as well.

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