Dry eye disease can dramatically impact the quality and comfort of your life. Although Over-The-Counter treatments are available, they are often not effective and can even make the problem worse! Halsted Eye Boutique is a Dry Eye Center of Excellence. Dry Eye Experts Dr. Slusky and Dr. Katz use leading-edge diagnostic technology to evaluate each layer of your tears, pinpoint your particular tear deficiency issues, determine which type of dry eye is present, and create a comprehensive treatment plan.

The evaluation takes about 45 minutes and looks at:

• Tear quality (volume, adherence, and composition)
• Ocular surface inflammation
• Meibomian gland function (upper and lower eyelid glands that produce the oil layer of tear film)

Patient preparation for the day of the Dry Eye Workup:

• No drops, oil based facial creams, makeup or sunscreens should be used on the day of the evaluation.

• Do not use any ointment in the eyes for at least 24 hours prior to the appointment.

• Do not swim for one day prior to the visit. (All aforementioned can affect the findings of the testing and render it useless)

• The tests will take approx. 30 min, and will not require a driver. Your vision will not be affected and you will see normally after the test. Feel free to speak with the dry eye counselor if you have any questions.

Review of your systemic medical conditions and medications

This is very important! Please make sure you bring a complete list of your medications with you as many have eye side effects.

Review of your skincare and cosmetics

This is also very important! Please make sure you contact us an ingredient list of all products that you use on your face as they may contain eye-offending chemicals that exacerbate dry eye. This may include: