From dry eye to GLP-1s, this year's conference brought a variety of insights from key experts in optometry.
|Videos|November 19, 2018
Understanding intense pulsed light
Author(s)Scott Schachter, OD
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Scott Schacter, OD, discusses how he incorporates intense pulsed light (IPL) as a treatment for patients in his practice.
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