A wonderful patient’s husband bought her a session of Pellevé. A few hours after treatment she had terrible right eye pain that was debilitating. She has been through a great deal with her dry right eye after LASIK that this was a terrible, un-welcomed bump on the road to beauty.
Pellevé is a non-invasive wrinkle reduction system. It uses radiofrequency technology to heat deep layers of the skin, stimulating the production of new collagen in the face, including the skin around the eyes. A series of monthly treatments is recommended with yearly touch-ups for optimal results says its website.
There have been no published reports that Pellevé or similary types of radiofrequency treatments cause or worsen dry eye, but it is not impossible.
There was a study (authors had a financial interest in eyeThera) noting that Pelleve has a similar effect on dry eyes and MGD that Lipiflow does.
Pellevé is a non-invasive wrinkle reduction system. It uses radiofrequency technology to heat deep layers of the skin, stimulating the production of new collagen in the face, including the skin around the eyes. A series of monthly treatments is recommended with yearly touch-ups for optimal results says its website.
There have been no published reports that Pellevé or similary types of radiofrequency treatments cause or worsen dry eye, but it is not impossible.
There was a study (authors had a financial interest in eyeThera) noting that Pelleve has a similar effect on dry eyes and MGD that Lipiflow does.
The study only had 10 patients so I am not impressed yet,
but many believe Pelleve should not make dry eyes worse.
Still it is not clear. This is a case of 1 so time will tell. There is one patient who felt her dry eye
worsened after Thermismooth.
Will keep you posted to see what happens.
SLC
company devoted to the
care of DED
http://jdryeyedisease.com/index.php/JDED/article/view/2/3
CONCLUSION
Obstructncy energy for heating, coupled
with manual expression, as a means to reduce MGD-
related DED. The initial results from this study appear
promising and suggest parity of treatment response
compared to Lipiflow within the small subset of
patients in this series. Further studies are warranted
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FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
The Maine Technology Institute partially
funded this project and had no role in the design or
conduct
of this research. Edward Jaccoma, MD,
Craig Lither-
land MS, and Andrew Jaccoma, BS,
MBA have equal
shared interest in eyeThera, a
company devoted to the
care of DED. Aseef Ahmed,
BS, MS, has no potential
conflict of interest.
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
The Maine Technology Institute partially
funded this project and had no role in the design or
conduct
of this research. Edward Jaccoma, MD,
Craig Lither-
land MS, and Andrew Jaccoma, BS,
MBA have equal
shared interest in eyeThera, a
company devoted to the
care of DED. Aseef Ahmed,
BS, MS, has no potential
conflict of interest.