Doctor's Forum > a) Why Comprehensive Treatment Today? + b) Tear Gland Physiology
c) pH and Gland Dysfunction + d) Optimizing Periocular Skin + e) Lid Hygiene. A Summary
f) Why Igiene Cleanser & Conditioner?+ g) Igiene C2 vs Baby Shampoo + h) Directions and Compliance

a) WHY COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT TODAY?

In healthy individuals the functional dynamics of ample and constant tear replenishment resolves most assaults on the tear film.

However, the prevalence of Dry Eye [the lack of quantity or quality of the tear film] rapidly increases with age and is extremely common in older people, especially women, and accounts for most patients’ discomfort.

Dry Eye symptoms are also the primary complaints with the younger universe of contact lens wearers and Lasik patients, due to the well-documented link between Dry Eye symptoms and these choices of vision correction.

Mostly chronic, with no known cure, an aging population and an increase in higher risk vision correction alternatives, Dry Eye has now reached epidemic and pandemic status. Without doubt, Dry Eye will be your patients’ main concern, despite other treatment requirements. They will seek the most comprehensive care from the best specialists. The population at risk will double in the next few years. Now is the time to establish leadership in the Dry Eye arena.

The goal of treatment must be to maximize tear supply in the short term, but also to optimize patients’ own ability and health for the long term.

To review the often overlooked, underlying currents of the pathogenesis of Dry Eye, click here.