What is Low-Level Light Therapy? (LLLT)
Developed by NASA, LLLT is the latest technology in dry eye treatment. LLLT uses specially designed LED lights to gently warm up the upper and lower eyelids, causing the Meibomian glands to unclog and release oils.
- Safe, non-invasive procedure
- 15 minutes per session
- No recovery time needed
- No side effects or discomfort
- Safe for adults and children
It’s quick and painless! Simply lay back with the Equinox mask on and relax as the warm light clears your glands. LLLT is also effective in treating conditions that require stimulation of healing and reduction of inflammation such as blepharitis, styes and cysts. It may also help decrease the appearance of facial wrinkles, acne and rosacea.
Equinox Masks
Red Light
Red light therapy (RLT) is an emerging treatment that’s showing promise in treating wrinkles, redness, acne, scars and other signs of aging.” How does it work? “Red light is absorbed by cellular mitochondria, stimulating ATP production and cellular action, thereby increasing the production of collagen and elastin.
Yellow Light
Yellow light therapy is best known for its skin cell rejuvination and anti inflammatory effects. It also boosts lymphatic flow, which removes toxins and waste from the skin. Yellow light therapy can also be used post operatively for wound healing.
Blue Light
Blue light therapy has a natural anti-microbial effect. We use blue light therapy (often in combination with Red Light Therapy) to treat styes, demodex, blepharitis and acne.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Scratchy sensations, itching and burning, redness, watery eyes, blurry vision.
The two major types of DED are aqueous tear deficiency (ATD) and evaporative dry eye. The latter, which is linked to meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), is the most common form and results in your tears evaporating too quickly.
Your tears play an important part of protecting your eyes and your vision. Untreated dry eye can lead to corneal scarring or increased eye infections. Additionally, discomfort or pain from dry eye can lead to poor sleep quality and mood disorders.
Dry eye results from a variety of causes, but aging is the single highest factor. Women suffer from dry about twice as frequently as men, often because of hormonal changes, certain medications, wearing contact lenses and using eye makeup.
The first task in evaluating dry eye is to determine which type of dry eye you have. Solutions may include artifical tears and warm compresses for mild cases of dry eye, sometimes medications can be used to increase tear production, other treatments are designed to unblock meibomian glands so they may increase meibum secretion. Underlying causes of dry eye like inflammation or rosacea are treated using intense pulsed light (IPL) therapy. We offer a variety of treatments to best address your particular needs.