DRY EYE - Treat the Cause!

Lipiflow in the treatment of Dry Eye --- soon to be highlighted on the hit TV show 'The Doctors'

Being the first Eye Care practice in New York to use both the Lipiview and Lipiflow technology (since 2011) has not only led us to best understand this incredible analysis and treatment technology, but has allowed us to help and change the lives of countless patients suffering with meibomian gland dysfunction and dry eye disease.

Most dry eye patients with inflamed and/or blocked meibomian (oil secreting eyelid glands) would be good candidates for the procedure and this can easily be assessed and measured in office.

The treatment, if appropriate for you, helps prevent the evaporation of your tears, improves tear quality and thus keep good tears on the eyes surface for longer, aiding in decreasing associated inflammation, ultimately decreasing dryness and burning symptoms.

Dry eye disease is an extremely common and sometimes debilitating condition affecting approximately 28 million Americans. Up to 80% of dry eye disease is as a result of evaporative dry eye known as meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).

We here at Farkas, Kassalow, Resnick and Associates have had great success with the Lipiflow and have seen amazing improvements in both signs and symptoms with prolonged benefits in most patients. Patients report much improved comfort and we see significant clinical improvements related to their eyes and eyelids.

Lipiflow thermal pulsation offers a simple, quick, easy, safe, painless treatment solution for evaporative dry eye and has been shown to be significantly (2-3x) more effective then 10 minutes of diligent, warm compresses and lid massage done daily for several months.

LipiFlow is designed to treat the root cause of Evaporative Dry Eye, blocked Meibomian glands. Opening and clearing these blocked glands can allow them to resume natural production of lipids (oils) needed for a healthy tear film.

Remember to watch the TV show 'The Doctors' most likely being aired on May 6th, 2013 covering this innovative and novel solution to evaporative dry eye.


Please feel free to call me Dr. Kevin Rosin @ 212-355-5145 or my colleagues, Dr's Barry Farks, Jordan Kassalow, Susan Resnick and Regina Zyskowski or email me at doctors@eyewise.com with any other questions. If this is something you want to explore further it would be our pleasure to have you come in for an evaluation and to help manage this frustrating, uncomfortable and often painful condition.


Dr. Kevin Rosin
212-355-5145
30 East 60th St.
Suite 201
New York, NY

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Discussion of a new and effective treatment for evaporative dry eye (Meibomitis)



Dry Eye Treatment- combating Meibomian Gland Dysfunction - Lipiflow Thermal Pulsation

'Meibomitis' or Posterior Blepharitis - A new buzz word in eye-care but an old chronic annoying condition.

Eye Doctors - Optometrists and Ophthalmologists have been taking care of dry eye related conditions often caused by meibomian gland dysfunction (reported in up to 65% of cases)for many decades. Blepharitis has also been reported in as many as 47% of patients presenting to the eye doctor.

Meibomitis is as a result of blocked meibomian glands which line the eyelids just behind the eyelashes. These glands are responsible for secreting oil into the tears and preventing evaporation of the Aqueous (watery)layer of the tears therefore keeping the tears on the surface of the eyes for longer, between blinks.

Treatment has routinely included warm compresses with eyelid massage, in addition to eye drops, supplements (fish oils) and oral medication (Doxycycline).

The mainstay management utilizing the warm compresses has come with poor patient compliance and thus varying and often undesirable results leading to a deterioration in the condition and thus worsening of Dry eye and its symptoms.

A new and dynamic therapy called 'Lipiflow thermal pulsation' has recently become commercially available and prior clinical studies have shown impressive results and amazing patient testimonials.

We, at the eye care practice of Dr's. Farkas, Kassalow, Resnick and Associates have been fortunate to be the first practice in New York to use this amazing treatment, and over the past several months have seen many happy and successful patients treated with the Lipiflow treatment. It is very exciting to finally have a treatment for this chronic and often cumbersome condition that does not require daily involvement from the patient and may keep them free from eye medications as well. Studies have shown patients reporting a reduction in there dry eye symptoms, often in excess of a year and this has been mirrored by the clinical objective findings too.

Lipiflow works by applying energy to the affected glands with warmth to the back eyelids and gentle pressure to the front of the eyelid. The procedure takes less than fifteen minutes and is well tolerated.

We also use a new and revolutionary tool called the Lipiview ocular surface interferometer to analyze the lipid (oil) layer of the tears obtaining an objective and repeatable quantification of ones tear stability, giving us more critical information in assessing Dry eye disease and its management.

Please do not hesitate to call me, Dr. Kevin Rosin @ 212-355-5145 or email me at doctors@eyewise.com should you need any other information. You can also go to http://www.tearscience.com/en/ to get information on the Lipiflow treatment and the Lipiview system.



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Kevin Rosin in association with Dr's Farkas kassalow & Resnick
Tel: 212-355-5145
30 East 60th St, Suite 201 New York, NY