by Dr. Nicholas Lillie | Mar 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
300-600 More Nerves Than Your Skin Did you know that the cornea (the clear windshield of the eye that a contact lens sits on) has 300-600 more nerves than the skin? No wonder your whole body hurts when you get a speck of dust under a contact lens or if you scratch...
by Dr. Nicholas Lillie | Feb 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
A recurrent corneal erosion is a debilitating condition that affects patients of all ages. It most commonly occurs upon awakening and causes redness, pain, tearing and extreme photophobia. The most common reason for this occurrence is a past trauma to the eye. For...
by Dr. Nicholas Lillie | Jan 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Dry eye is describing the symptoms (burning, redness, sandy gritty feeling, and contact lens intolerance) of tear film instability. Essentially, this means your eyes are not necessarily “dry”. They have a tear film that evaporates quickly or does not functionally...
by Dr. Nicholas Lillie | Dec 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Evaporative Dry Eye Can light be used to improve our eye health? Yes! In the past few years, we have discovered that dry eye is more than just a lack of tear production. In fact the majority (86%) of dry eye related disease is evaporative in nature. This means that...
