Dry eye clinic for Dewsbury
Ten minutes up the A638 from Dewsbury, Armitage Opticians photographs the oil glands in your eyelids and clears the ones that have blocked. Blocked glands are why the drops only ever lasted ten minutes, and they are treatable.
Book a Dry Eye AssessmentBook the Full Dry Eye Assessment
Accepting new patients No referral, no waiting list. Start treatment within the week, the same day where we can.
Three of these and it is your glands. Ten minutes up the road, we can show you.
- “The hospital said it was dry eye, gave me drops, and that was the last I heard.”
- “Standing at the bus stop in Dewsbury in January, my eyes run like taps.”
- “They are fine at nine and full of grit by four.”
- “The drops from the chemist work for about as long as the walk home.”
- “I have done the warm flannel every night for a year and nothing has really changed.”
- “Reading the paper, the print goes soft and I have to blink it back.”
- “My lenses got uncomfortable and I gave them up without telling the optician.”
- “I was told at sixty it is just age. Then why do the drops not fix it?”
All of that has a cause, and it is in your eyelids. Ten minutes up the A638 we photograph it, show you the picture, and treat what we find. Most people have never been shown their own glands.
“I had the blepharitis treatment. Everything was properly explained and great care was taken to carry out the procedure. Plenty of time was taken during my appointment to put me at ease.”
Grit, sting and streaming eyes are blocked oil glands, and a bottle cannot reach them.
The short version. The full explanation, the two types and blepharitis are on our main dry eye page.
- Tears need oil to stay put. Without it the water on your eye is gone in seconds, however much you make.
- The oil is squeezed onto the eye every time you blink, from the meibomian glands that run down the inside of each eyelid.
- When the oil thickens and the glands block, the water evaporates between blinks: grit, sting, and eyes that water because they are dry, not because they are wet.
- A drop cannot unblock a gland. A wipe cannot unblock a gland. Clearing the gland is the treatment, and it is a physical one.
Two ways to start, from Dewsbury
Ten minutes away, so it is easy to start with the Dry Eye Assessment and come back for treatment within the week. If you already know your eyes are a problem, book the full assessment and have it all done in one go.
- Dry Eye Assessment£145 · 30 minOne visit, the key tests, a written planBook a Dry Eye Assessment
- Full Dry Eye Assessment£225 · 45 minThe full picture: glands photographed, inflammation testedBook the Full Dry Eye Assessment
Treatment available within the week. Have your assessment and start treatment the same day, where we can.
Gland Scan: £15 with any eye examination (included in our Gold eye examination). £50 of the assessment fee comes back off your treatment. The three appointments, side by side → · Not sure? One-minute check.
What the assessment measures, in brief
Done at Heckmondwike, ten minutes from Dewsbury bus station on the 229.
- What you feel, scored; what your day does to your eyes; and your eyes, looked at properly under magnification before anything else.
- What your tears are doing: enough of them, holding long enough, and whether the surface is marked.
- Why: the lid edge and lashes examined, the blink observed, and in the full assessment the glands imaged and inflammation tested. Results, type, plan.
It costs £145, or £225 with the swab for inflammation, and £50 of that comes off treatment. Every step of the assessment →
Your first visit from Dewsbury
Up the A638 or on the 229 to Market Street. Parking outside, nothing to decide on the day.
- We look first, and we show you. Half an hour of measuring your tears and the surface of the eye, each result shown against healthy.
- Then we write it down. Your type of dry eye, your options, the prices. £50 of the fee comes off treatment.
- You can start this week. Same day where we can, within the week otherwise.
What treatment costs, from Dewsbury
The assessment decides the treatment, not a menu. These are the three courses and what they cost, so nothing is a surprise. £50 of your assessment comes off whichever you choose. Pay in full, or half today and half at your next visit.
Treatment available within the week. Have your assessment and start treatment the same day, where we can.
- EyeClean £480 three EyeClean sessions with a home kit
- EyeRelief (most recommended) £900 four IPL sessions two weeks apart, with an EyeClean
- EyeRelief Max £1,495 four IPL and three EyeClean, within about 3 months
- Plugs · Lacrifill £320 · £520 for the less common water-shortage type
Single sessions: EyeClean £195 · IPL £295. IPL is at our Middleton and Cheadle practices. The other practices refer to them.
The treatments explained one by one → · See every price →
Before
AfterRead more: why nothing else worked, and how the two conditions connect
From Dewsbury, Batley and Mirfield
Up the A638 from Dewsbury it is ten minutes to Market Street, with parking outside the door. From Batley it is the same, from Mirfield ten minutes along the A644, and from Thornhill or Earlsheaton a few minutes more. The 229 runs from Dewsbury bus station to Heckmondwike every half hour and stops on Market Street. There is no station in Heckmondwike, so Dewsbury is the nearest, with the bus from there.
If Dewsbury District Hospital or Pinderfields has seen you
Tell us who you are under and we write to them. Patients come to us while they wait for the hospital dry eye clinic, and come back to us afterwards, and your scans and plan go with you either way. Hospital drops and our treatment do not conflict; we will tell you if anything needs to change.
Three visits, ten minutes each way
EyeClean is three visits over six to eight weeks, each around forty minutes, and living ten minutes away makes it easy. Between visits the work is the home routine, shown to you in the chair. Plugs and Lacrifill are placed in the chair on the day they are agreed. Being close also means the follow-up, when better should be a number, is a short trip rather than an expedition.
Where light treatment happens
IPL and light therapy run at our Middleton and Cheadle practices, about forty minutes away on the Manchester side. If the assessment says you need it, we book it and send your results ahead, and you know before you pay for anything. The assessment, EyeClean, plugs and Lacrifill are all done at Heckmondwike.
What people in Heckmondwike say
4.9★★★★★
G 133 Google reviews of the Heckmondwike practice
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“Excellent customer service.”Google review · April 2024 · Middleton
“Staff are really helpful and explain everything well.”Google review · April 2024 · Middleton
“As a new patient to Abra, the whole experience was a delight.”Google review · March 2024 · Middleton
Book at Armitage Opticians — Heckmondwike
Every booking link on this page goes to Armitage Opticians in Heckmondwike, ten minutes from Dewsbury, and the number rings the desk there.
Armitage Opticians — Heckmondwike14 Market Street, Heckmondwike WF16 0JUSlit-lamp meibographyMarket Street and the Green car parkBook a Dry Eye AssessmentBook the Full Dry Eye Assessment01924 403617 · about the practice
Treatment available within the week, and the same day as your assessment where we can. No GP letter needed.
Frequently asked questions
Which assessment should I book from Dewsbury?
Book the assessment if you know your eyes are a problem. The Full Dry Eye Assessment gives the whole answer in one visit, with the photographs, your results against healthy and a written plan, and £50 of it is credited to treatment. Not sure? Start with the Dry Eye Assessment, £145.
I’m under Dewsbury District Hospital or Pinderfields for my eyes. Can I still come?
Yes, and tell us who you’re under so we can write to them. Many patients use us while they wait, and some are discharged back to us for ongoing care.
Is any of it on the NHS?
No. An NHS sight test covers vision and eye health and does not include gland imaging or dry eye treatment. Every price is shown before you decide.
How do I get there without a car?
The 229 from Dewsbury bus station stops on Market Street in Heckmondwike in about ten minutes. There is no station in Heckmondwike; Dewsbury is the nearest.
Can the assessment and the first treatment be the same visit?
Yes, ask when you book. Being ten minutes away, plenty of Dewsbury patients have the assessment first and come back for treatment later in the week instead.