Punctal occlusion is a procedure proven to retain tears on the ocular surface. It is a simple and reversible way of reducing tear drainage that has a good safety profile.1
The advantages of punctal occlusion:
Dry Eye Disease is now understood to be a continuum with many patients having an aqueous (ADDE) and evaporative (EDE) component that are non-mutually exclusive in contributing their Dry Eye symptoms.
Parasol is a clever non-dilating punctum plug design. Its novel hollow nose ensures ease of fitting and high retention rates. Parasol is equally simple to remove making occlusion reversible.
Parasol comes in just four sizes making selection of the correct fitting plug easier than traditional plug designs.
Two sizes fit virtually all patients:
The Painless Plug is like no other using an innovative 'one plug fits all’ design. The plug is shaped like bulb and is supplied stretched over the inserter minimising the need for dilation. Once in situ and released from the inserter, the bulb expands into the punctum securing it in place.
In the diagram:
1. Initial Shape of the plug stretched on the inserter.
2. Final Shape of the plug as in the punctum.
Inserting a contact lens uniquely challenges the tear film and ocular surface. Discomfort and specifically dryness sensations is still the leading cause of contact lens drop-out with: