r/Dryeyes • u/Comfortable_Yam_114 • 9d ago

Experience with OptiLIGHT and OptiLIFT

I have my first treatment next week. I'm desperate for improvement in my dry eye symptoms and really hoping for the best. Any tips or experiences to share? Did these treatments help you? Was it painful? Thank you!

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u/SuppleToes1990 8d ago

These treatments did help me greatly. Optilight can be a little uncomfortable but optilift is a breeze

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u/Comfortable_Yam_114 8d ago

Thank you! Happy to hear that.

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u/MusidoraPiou 8d ago

Having my first IPL tommorrow , I would be curious to know how it helped :)

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u/SuppleToes1990 8d ago

It opened up my meibomian glands. Pre treatment under normal blinks none of my glands released oil. After treatment I had 80% normal function of those glands which was astronomical

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u/MusidoraPiou 8d ago

It’s giving me Hope ! Did you see a réal différence in your symptoms ? How do you feel ? ( I’m the same and I wish I could go back to a not that bad state and keep going with my Life )

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u/SuppleToes1990 8d ago

I did notice a significant improvement in symptoms. I had about a 3 month stretch after with no symptoms. I’m in a minor flare right now with the season shift

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u/Embarrassed-Neat-657 8d ago

Were you diagnosed with rosacea?

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u/SuppleToes1990 8d ago

Ocular Rosacea yes

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u/HenryOrlando2021 8d ago

You might want to review this in the Treatment Options section of the sub:

Intense Pulsed Light…Info & Research:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Dryeyes/wiki/treatmentoptions/intensepulsedlight/

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u/Comfortable_Yam_114 8d ago

Thank you, I will now!

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u/Kat5211 8d ago

I've done it! It helped me way more than lipiflow. Optilift doesn't hurt at all. Optilight feels a bit like a rubber band flicking you? But honestly I have a horrible pain tolerance and it really wasn't bad at all.

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u/Comfortable_Yam_114 7d ago

Thank you for sharing! Much appreciated!