We Lead the Fight Against Dry Eye
At See & Be Seen Eyecare, we understand how much dry eye impacts your everyday life. Contact lenses feel uncomfortable, you rely on eye drops to get you through the day, and you find simple, everyday tasks like reading and driving more difficult than they should be.
You don’t have to suffer like this. We offer some of the most effective and advanced dry eye treatments available so we can restore comfort to your day-to-day life.
Treatment Starts With
Diagnosis
Dry eye occurs because your eyes don’t have the tears they needs for lubrication, cleaning, and protection. But why don’t you have the tears you need? That depends. It all comes down to either tear volume or tear quality.

Tear Quality
Healthy eyes require a healthy tear film. This film, made of an oil called meibum, floats on top of your tears to keep them from evaporating off the surface of your eye. Without the right amount of meibum, your tears evaporate before they have a chance to lubricate and hydrate your eye. This leaves your eyes dry, irritated, and vulnerable.

Tear Volume
Your eyes need a certain amount of tears to function the way they’re supposed to. If your body doesn’t produce enough tears naturally, your eyes become dry, irritated, and vulnerable.
Some of Our Dry Eye Treatment
Options
LIPIFLOW Thermal Pulsation® System

BLEPHEX™

Scleral Contact Lenses

What Is Dry Eye?
Dry eye is a chronic condition where there are not enough tears to sufficiently lubricate and nourish the eye. The glands involved in tear production either fail to produce enough tears or produce tears of poor quality.
Tears play an important role in maintaining the health of the front ocular surface. Tears lubricate and moisten the cornea, and provide an interface for oxygen exchange. They remove and flush away bacteria and allergens, preventing the eye from infection. Tears are also necessary for clear vision, by creating an even and smooth optical surface.
One condition commonly associated with the onset of dry eyes is blepharitis. Blepharitis is an inflammation that develops on the eyelids as a result of a bacterial imbalance. It can be treated with proper lid hygiene.
Read more about blepharitis.
Other common causes of dry eye include:
- Meibomian gland dysfunction
- Hormonal changes
- Medications
- Environment
- Diet
- Refractive eye surgery
- Systemic diseases
Symptoms of dry eye may include:
- Dryness
- Burning and irritation
- Itchiness
- Blurred vision
- Redness
- Sensitivity to light
- Sandy/gritty feeling
- Foreign body sensation
- Tiredness
- Sudden excess of tears
- Stringy discharge
- Punctal Plugs
- Lid Debridement
- Omega 3 treatment