Opthalmic Laser to Zap Away Superficial Blood Vessels?

[dnew85]

Has anyone ever had this done or heard of anyone doing this to get rid of the unnecessary vessels on the conjuctiva? It supposedly has been used for rosacea and diabetic retinopathy patients.

thanks,

dnew

[sazy123]

Its a similar thing to ipl face treatments, mentioned in this thread:

http://dryeyezone.com/talk/showthread.php?t=4798

I would guess it works in the same way by reducing blood flow of the vessels in the eye which cause the blood vessels to dilate. But i dont know much more. I think its very interesting for people with ocular rosacea.

[dnew85]

Anyone had this done?

Has anyone had this done? Does a opthalmologist perform the procedure? How common is it? Will it work on small blood vessels in the conjuctiva on the nasal side of the eye that stretch nearly to the iris???

Thanks again

[dianat]

I've never heard of it. It's never come up on this bulletin board. Around here, many of us cannot stomach the words "ophthalmic LASER" and "conjunctiva" to be used in a sentence.

[sazy123]

I havent heard of anyone from DEZ having it done, Dr nases institute does the face to help the eyes so you could email him and ask for information on that procedure and the facial one. I am planing to email him, if you do let us know what he said about it as i am very intrigued.

It says on that site that an opth can do it close to the eye, some do it for diabetic retinopathy, so they would probably do it for this purpose as well. But probably have to inquire with them.

this is a post from someone who have ipl on the eyelids:

http://forum.rosaceagroup.org/viewto...d911ca412a25e2

[dnew85]

Definitely Understandible

My apologies, I am also a LASIK statistic for Dry Eye Syndrome. My biggest hangup is the extremely bloodshot nasal side of my eyes that I cannot manage. I would do nearly anything to have them gone. If the wind blows at all or it is chilly outside they flare up like Rudolphs nose. In a perfect world we could all have time machines and go back and never have what we thought was a miracle procedure. I am not talking about cutting anything, just making the blood vessels disappear or at least minimize them.

[snoek]

One time

dnew85 - The answer to your question is yes. Regrettably, I had the old fashioned RK performed on my eyes twenty years ago. Coupled with rosacea and oil gland dysfunction my eyes have gone thru hell. My Dr. who is a corneal specialist has indeed lasered the "infiltrates" on my conjunctiva. These vessels were moving into my corneas which is very bad; so he blasted them with a laser.

[dnew85]

Results???

What kind of results did you get? Did your eyes kind of absorb the vessels? Were you pleased with the outcome?

thanks,

dnew

[snoek]

laser treatment

I had it done about seven years ago. I don't know if my case would apply to yours, but the Dr. seemed pleased with the results. In my humble opinion, there seems to be some misinformation on this board about accutane and eye problems. From what I have learned, if someones has had a previous treatment of accutane, then they should stay far away from eye surgery if at all possible.

[dianat]

Accutane? Did I miss something in this thread about Accutane? I thought we were discussing lasering the conjunctiva to get rid of small blood vessels...

[Brighteyes]

I came accross the following question-and-answer link containing the small excerpt below awhile back - it seems to imply that this can be done:

http://www.rosacea-research.org/wiki...Eric_Jones,_MD

"Q: Is telangiectasia of the eyeball permanent, or can lasers or some other treatment remove them?

"A [Dr. Eric Jones, Devers Eye Institute, Portland, OR]: Telangiectasia of the eye itself? I would guess that is reversible. Whether or not that is really telangiectasia I'm not sure, or if it's just the episcleritis, scleritis, the inflammatory process of the eye itself on the conjunctiva. or basic conjunctivitis, which causes the white part of the eye to become very red, which could be reversed with treatments. So I don't know if those are the same etiology as the telangiectasia of the skin."

Oh, almost forgot - speaking of lasers - there is a laser institute located in Florida, USA, that claims to be able to CURE BLEPHARITIS WITH LASERS. Here's the link:

http://www.pannulaser.com/vision/blepharitis.html

I'm not holding my breath

[Rebecca Petris]

Oh, almost forgot - speaking of lasers - there is a laser institute located in Florida, USA, that claims to be able to CURE BLEPHARITIS WITH LASERS. Here's the link:

http://www.pannulaser.com/vision/blepharitis.html

I'm not holding my breath

Where did you see a claim like that?

I went all over that site and did not see it. Their blepharitis treatment page lists classic non-surgical blepharitis treatment.

[sazy123]

I came accross the following question-and-answer link containing the small excerpt below awhile back - it seems to imply that this can be done:

http://www.rosacea-research.org/wiki...Eric_Jones,_MD

"Q: Is telangiectasia of the eyeball permanent, or can lasers or some other treatment remove them?

"A [Dr. Eric Jones, Devers Eye Institute, Portland, OR]: Telangiectasia of the eye itself? I would guess that is reversible. Whether or not that is really telangiectasia I'm not sure, or if it's just the episcleritis, scleritis, the inflammatory process of the eye itself on the conjunctiva. or basic conjunctivitis, which causes the white part of the eye to become very red, which could be reversed with treatments. So I don't know if those are the same etiology as the telangiectasia of the skin."

Oh, almost forgot - speaking of lasers - there is a laser institute located in Florida, USA, that claims to be able to CURE BLEPHARITIS WITH LASERS. Here's the link:

http://www.pannulaser.com/vision/blepharitis.html

I'm not holding my breath

Where did you read that, really interested?