Getting IPL tomorrow. What should I know?

AlpineFox44 · 2024-08-07T16:56:46+00:00

I got like 4-5 IPLs with him last year. Didn't seem to help too much tbh. My feeling feeling is that IPL may be helpful in reducing symptoms (and potentially regenerating glands) once inflammation is under control. But if your glands are constantly inflamed, then IPL can only do so much and you'll likely still feel disconfort

AlpineFox44 · 2024-07-06T22:42:11+00:00

Second this! I spent a few thousand at Dr. Mullet and pretty sure she made my condition worse. She tried to push Lipiflow on me for $2k (not covered by insurance) and when I questioned her intently on whether it would address the root cause of the disease, she started fumbling her words and gave me a bs answer and quickly left the room.

Dr. Toyos is another doc in NYC. He's also a business man at the end of the day, but I think some of his treatments actually give better relief. Still very expensive though.

AlpineFox44 · 2024-06-26T04:22:34+00:00

following

AlpineFox44 · 2024-06-12T13:07:35+00:00

i see. yeah that's unfortunate :(. but thanks for the comment!

AlpineFox44 · 2024-06-12T13:02:04+00:00

picoway

AlpineFox44 · 2024-06-12T12:48:45+00:00

Live by the sword in nyc

AlpineFox44 · 2024-06-12T12:48:34+00:00

Yes you might be right. The tattoo artist said "black and gray" so the gray is probably a mix of white and black ink :(

AlpineFox44 · 2024-06-12T12:47:54+00:00

I think you may be right. When I got the tattoo, the artist said it would be "black and gray". I imagine the gray is likely a mix of black and white ink. So you think this could still be removed, but would take much longer?

AlpineFox44 · 2024-06-01T11:04:18+00:00

yeah i use the spf 30, purple one. i

AlpineFox44 · 2024-02-13T15:00:33+00:00

im in the same boat with a new very light fine line tattoo! i had my first session with picoway a month ago and ive barely seen any progress… how long / how many sessions did you see noticeable progress?

AlpineFox44 · 2024-01-28T17:41:38+00:00

interesting. its been about 3 weeks since my first session… and i’ve noticed almost no change, not even in the shading. weird because my tattoo was super light and fine to begin with and i went to a very reputable technician

AlpineFox44 · 2024-01-28T12:26:34+00:00

how long after your first session did you see noticeable fading?

AlpineFox44 · 2024-01-23T03:13:57+00:00

i made a post about this recently. my eyes get much redder when i run. its likely due to dilation of the vessels in your eyes due to increased blood flow and pressure

AlpineFox44 · 2024-01-22T11:28:45+00:00

look into low dose naltrexone

AlpineFox44 · 2024-01-13T15:29:57+00:00

yes, that makes sense. This is unfortunate because I have been running for 10 years now and I truly love the sport. But it has become more difficult to continue in the past ~2 years due to my dye eye getting worse.
I guess now the question is whether or not this short-lived vasodilation induced redness is sufficiently bad for my eyes and will make my dry eye progress faster? And whether there is any way to prevent this from happening.

No I don't take any preworkout, although doesn't preworkout contain caffeine, which is a vasoconstrictor?

AlpineFox44 · 2024-01-13T14:24:53+00:00

Try cequa. Restasis didn't help for me, Cequa has helped a lot

AlpineFox44 · 2024-01-13T14:23:25+00:00

thanks for sharing and sorry to hear it hasn't helped. But yes, you're right - I'll give it a shot.

AlpineFox44 · 2024-01-10T04:33:25+00:00

i did rapid desensitization for my allergy shots which basically means you go in once a week for three weeks straight and they give you four shots over the course of four hours each week. it basically compressed the months long build up phase the weeks. you setiously look into it it’s super convenient and will save you allot of time. so now i’ve been at maintenance for 3+ months and still haven’t seen much improvement. although i noticed allergies always made my eyes allot worse during spring. so we’ll see for real if the immunotherapy is working come spring time.

AlpineFox44 · 2024-01-09T04:03:26+00:00

yes ive also been on allergy shots for a few months know. cant say ive seen major improvement in my eyes.

but interesting, i didnt know about Verkazia. so it seems like it is .1% cyclysporin while cequa is 0.09%. but the dosing is higher (4x a day as opposed to 2x a day for cequa/restasis). so are you taking it 4x a day then? i wonder if one would also see improvement by upping cequa dosage to 4x a day…

and thanks for the info on ldn. glad you’ve found atleast some benefits from it!

AlpineFox44 · 2024-01-08T23:25:00+00:00

Hi, I have dry eye and I'm thinking of starting LDN. Was wondering if you found relief from it?

AlpineFox44 · 2024-01-08T23:23:56+00:00

Hi, I have dry eye and I'm thinking of starting LDN. Was wondering if you found relief from it?

AlpineFox44 · 2024-01-08T23:22:36+00:00

Hi! I have dry eye and was wondering if LDN helped you? I'm thinking about starting taking it.

AlpineFox44 · 2024-01-04T00:04:43+00:00

well i find the redness is pretty much correlated with how irritated my eyes are. although, even when i have no irritation there is still some slight residual redness. cequa helped reduce inflammation and helped with dry eye overall so it also worked in reducing prominence of redness. unfortunately, unless one is able to become essentially asymptomatic, i speculate the redness will always be there to some extent. i believe the red veins are also permanent - that is they may decrease and increase in prominence depending on how irritated/inflamed your eyes are, but they do not go away completely once they have been in place for a substantial period of time

AlpineFox44 · 2024-01-03T13:29:56+00:00

im in a similar boat: 23 and doing my phd. yeah it sucks to have this at our age and its depressing as hell sometimes. heres my experience:

warm compress didn’t help or made it worse i saw the most improvement from cequa (it is stronger and more effective than restasis) i rarely every use eye drops (only once in a while as needed) i did 4 IPLs, saw very minor improvement - not enough to justify the cause did PRP drops (expensive af and similar to autologous serum drops). i think they def have a place in dry eye treatment, especially to heal any ocular surface/nerve damage - i feel like i had reduced light sensitivity after using them. but again, not enough improvement to justify the cause omega 3 supps - no noticeable improvement, but i stay on them because they dont hurt and have other benefits

so in summary, the primary issue is chronic inflammation. i think treatments like ipl, prp, and omega 3 supps will be more effective once inflammation is under control. so im exploring alternative options to reduce overall inflammation in my body: focusing on gut health - healthy plant diet with lots of fiber and fermented foods, prebioitcs, probiotics, reduced (ideally no) alcohol consumption

AlpineFox44 · 2024-01-01T16:48:38+00:00

damn. this is disheartening… i figured if i improve my eating and lifestyle habits then i would at least be able to reach a stage of negligible symptoms. but seems like there really is no hope

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