Many patients ask me about the benefits of Blue-Filter Glasses. For years, most surgeons avoided the question as the data was unclear on its benefit. Within the last couple of years, and particularly during the COVID pandemic where millions are exposing their eyelids skin, eyes, and face with many hours of blue light, most eye […]
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Many patients are coming in and calling about aching eyes. Commonly it is called “eye strain,” but it can be a symptom of something more concerning: Meibomian gland dysfunction. It would be best to come to examine your eyes and meibomian glands (with a meibography). Currently, the best ways to decrease the feeling of eye
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The AAO released an article below saying “Blue Light is not blinding you.” Even though there is no proof blue light is blinding this generation yet, we are not sure its cumulative effect will not be noted until years from now when this generation’s rates of macular degeneration has increased. What I hypothesize, although it
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Is Blue Light Making Dry Eye Worse? This is a great question no one has assessed on published about thus far. Many eye surgeons are concerned about the long term macular damage electronic screens, which through their almost universal Light-emitting diodes (LEDs), emit concentrated blasts of blue light on to your retina. 1 Many eye doctors are
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I have written and spoken at length about the dangers of computers on the Meibomian Glands and the role of screen time on contributing to chronic, debilitating dry eye. When one looks up “Dangers of Computers” online, most hits are about the risk of identity theft. Many MDs and researchers are finally realizing that screen
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