Light therapy for dry eye/ocular rosacea

[sazy123]

Hi,

I have been looking at light therapy for rosacea. In the light of Dr toyos success with IPL, i wondered whether red or yellow light therapy would help dry eye/ocular rosacea.

I found a few posts from people who clain to have improved their ocular rosacea/dry eye abd bleth using red light or yellow light therapy.

Red is supposed to treat inflammation and allow cells to heal and yellow treats blood vessles.

I have noticed that i have tangelseia on eyelids and purple appearence on and around eyelids. Upper is worse, IPL cant treat upper eyelids as the heat may effect delicate skin, light therapy has no heat and is not strong.

RLT is supposed to be a safer option to IPL, there is no heat just light, the effect is accumalative and takes longer than IPL, but most posts i have read have said that they use it on closed eyes, which they say from evidence is fine.

Here are some posts ive read:

http://rosaceagroup.org/The_Rosacea_...hlight=ocular#

http://rosaceagroup.org/The_Rosacea_...t=light+ocular

http://rosaceagroup.org/The_Rosacea_...t=light+ocular

http://rosaceagroup.org/The_Rosacea_...+ocular&page=3

http://rosaceagroup.org/The_Rosacea_...+ocular&page=3

I couldnt find the post about bleph, but it said the guy cured his long time bleph which wouldnt shift.

It seems safe to use, i may try it with goggles around the eyes and on eyelids coverring the eyes with goggles looking up etc, as dr tyos does. Im interested in treating beside the bridge of nose, again not on the eye. But people have been using it with closed eyes with no ill effects. Reading the posts, There is evidence out there of using light for eye conditions, i will source it.

any thoughts?

[sazy123]

anyone think its intetesting?

[bvendig]

Dr Gagnon Livermore California

hi all
i got a recommendation from this site for Dr Gagnon in Livermore CA.
i saw him yesterday and asked him two things that we've discussed on this site.

1. what he thought about IPL. He said he had plans to go to Boston next week to be trained by Dr Toyos. I was surprised to hear that.

2. I have the beginning stages of cataracts and asked him if, given how dry my eyes are, he could still do surgery. He said that usually he can do surgery in spite of dry eyes. It seemed to me that he hesitated just a little about whether he would do it for extreme dry eye but he said that he can almost always treat a patient so that they produce enough tears to allow for the surgery. i have to admit i'm paraphrasing here so i'm hoping that i'm transmitting his thoughts correctly. At any rate, if you have been unable to get cataract surgery because of dry eye you might want to contact him.

Hugs, Betty


I have been looking at light therapy for rosacea. In the light of Dr toyos success with IPL, i wondered whether red or yellow light therapy would help dry eye/ocular rosacea.

I found a few posts from people who clain to have improved their ocular rosacea/dry eye abd bleth using red light or yellow light therapy.

Red is supposed to treat inflammation and allow cells to heal and yellow treats blood vessles.

I have noticed that i have tangelseia on eyelids and purple appearence on and around eyelids. Upper is worse, IPL cant treat upper eyelids as the heat may effect delicate skin, light therapy has no heat and is not strong.

RLT is supposed to be a safer option to IPL, there is no heat just light, the effect is accumalative and takes longer than IPL, but most posts i have read have said that they use it on closed eyes, which they say from evidence is fine.

Here are some posts ive read:

http://rosaceagroup.org/The_Rosacea_...hlight=ocular#

http://rosaceagroup.org/The_Rosacea_...t=light+ocular

http://rosaceagroup.org/The_Rosacea_...t=light+ocular

http://rosaceagroup.org/The_Rosacea_...+ocular&page=3

http://rosaceagroup.org/The_Rosacea_...+ocular&page=3

I couldnt find the post about bleph, but it said the guy cured his long time bleph which wouldnt shift.

It seems safe to use, i may try it with goggles around the eyes and on eyelids coverring the eyes with goggles looking up etc, as dr tyos does. Im interested in treating beside the bridge of nose, again not on the eye. But people have been using it with closed eyes with no ill effects. Reading the posts, There is evidence out there of using light for eye conditions, i will source it.

any thoughts?[/QUOTE]

[Gretchen]

Sazy -

You can do LED with your eyes closed. I just got Yellow LED at my derms office. I don't notice any difference, but it was only the first time and my eyes have been completely normal lately so I may not notice benefits anyway.

It can't hurt to try. Good to "see" you back and I hope that you are doing well.
Gretchen

[sazy123]

Hi, i dont think this can hurt to try.

I am doing a few more IPL's in the UK first.

But i will try this next year, im thinking of trying red and infared.. not sure if infares can be used on closed eyes though?

Im noty sure if i should try yellow, red and infared?