If you live in Bloomfield Hills and your dry eye has progressed past what artificial tears can manage — especially after cataract surgery, LASIK, or as autoimmune symptoms emerged — you may be a candidate for treatments that address the underlying disease mechanisms rather than just the symptoms. Dr. Y. Shira Kresch, OD MS is a fellowship-trained dry eye and scleral lens specialist 15 minutes south of Cranbrook, offering FDA-cleared IPL, RF, and LLLT alongside specialty scleral lens fitting for moderate-to-severe dry eye disease.
From Cranbrook (380 Lone Pine Rd), head south on Lahser Road. Continue south for about 5 miles, passing through Beverly Hills and Birmingham. Turn right onto West 10 Mile Road. Our office is at 17000 W 10 Mile Rd, Suite 151, on the south side of the road in the Specialty Vision Institute building.
Alternate route via Telegraph: head south on Telegraph Road from the Bloomfield Hills area, continue past Square Lake, Long Lake, and Big Beaver, then turn east onto 10 Mile Road. Office on the left.
Bloomfield Hills has one of the highest median household incomes in Metro Detroit and an older demographic skew — which means the dry eye patterns we see most frequently from this area cluster around three categories:
Post-cataract and post-LASIK dry eye in patients over 55. Both surgeries are common in this demographic and meaningfully accelerate meibomian gland dysfunction. Many Bloomfield Hills patients arrive after a surgical practice told them their lingering dryness is “just recovery” — when it’s actually treatable evaporative dry eye that IPL and RF can address.
Autoimmune-related dry eye. Bloomfield Hills patients tend to be health-literate and have access to specialty rheumatology referrals — meaning Sjögren’s syndrome, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis are caught earlier here than in many surrounding areas. The dry eye component of these conditions often progresses past what artificial tears manage, and scleral lenses become the durable solution for severe aqueous-deficient cases.
Scleral lens candidacy after corneal refractive surgery. Some of our most complex scleral lens fits come from patients who had LASIK or PRK in the 1990s–2000s, developed corneal ectasia or severe post-LASIK dry eye decades later, and need a custom-fit specialty lens to restore comfortable, functional vision. This is a fitting subspecialty, not a routine optometry service.
For Bloomfield Hills-area patients who also need keratoconus management or specialty contact lens fitting — scleral, hybrid, or Rose K lenses — our affiliated practice Michigan Contact Lens is the corneal specialty destination. Many of our dry eye patients also see Dr. Kresch there for the specialty contact lens side of their care — the same doctor across both practices.
Common questions from Bloomfield Hills, MI patients about visiting 1-800-Dry-Eyes.
We are about 15 minutes south of Bloomfield Hills, taking Telegraph Road or Woodward Avenue down to 10 Mile in Southfield. Patients from the Cranbrook area, the Country Club neighborhoods, and Long Lake all reach us quickly.
Yes — many of our patients live in Bloomfield Hills. The closest dry eye specialty clinic to Bloomfield Hills is ours; general optometrists in the area refer cases to us when conventional treatment has stalled out and the patient needs diagnostic imaging or in-office therapy.
All of them. IPL, radiofrequency, low-level light therapy, scleral lens fittings, and combined protocols when symptoms have more than one driver. The full diagnostic suite — Keratograph topographer, OCT, meibography — is part of every initial evaluation.
For diagnostic visits, usually not — one comprehensive evaluation gives us what we need. Treatment courses vary: a typical IPL protocol is 4 sessions spaced 4 weeks apart, while RF or LLLT may be different. We discuss the realistic timeline at your initial visit so you can plan.
The diagnostic evaluation is generally billed as a medical visit and runs through your medical insurance. In-office treatments are typically out-of-pocket but we accept CareCredit and offer payment plans. We are transparent about costs before anything begins.
15 minutes south of Cranbrook. Free parking. Most patients start with a comprehensive evaluation to identify what's actually driving their symptoms.
