Dry AMD and dry eye treatment in Edinburgh
Photobiomodulation is light therapy for dry age-related macular degeneration and persistent dry eye disease. You are assessed in clinic, and the treatment is then delivered in your own home, anywhere in Edinburgh and the Lothians.
Treatment in Edinburgh costs
£370a session
The price moves with the distance travelled, not with the treatment, so it is the same care wherever you are. A dry AMD course is nine sessions; dry eye is usually one, with a second only if it would help. See every area.
A dry AMD course in Edinburgh comes to £3,330, with your assessments before and after included. Courses are usually repeated every 6 or 12 months, depending on the stage of your AMD, and each course is charged separately.
Where this covers
Edinburgh city centre, Leith, Portobello, Midlothian and East Lothian, and the surrounding area.
By postcode: EH. Whole postcode areas, so every district within them.
How it works in Edinburgh
It starts with an assessment. Your eyes are examined, your history discussed, and you are told plainly whether photobiomodulation is likely to help you, including when it is not.
If it is appropriate, the treatment itself comes to you. There is nothing to prepare and nothing to buy: a sofa or a chair in a room that is not too brightly lit is all that is needed. A dry AMD session is twelve minutes of red and near-infrared light. It is painless, nothing touches the eye, and you can drive straight afterwards.
Visits in Edinburgh are on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings, between 5:30pm and 6:30pm.
Support near you in Edinburgh
If you live with sight loss, you do not have to manage it alone. These are close to you.
- Macular Society group, Comely Bank: Meets at St Ninian's Church.
- Macular Society group, Morningside: Meets on Morningside Road.
- Macular Society group, Portobello: Meets at Portobello Library.
- Macular Society group, Stockbridge: Meets at Stockbridge Library.
- RNIB Scotland: On Hillside Crescent, with Café VI, a shop and social groups, including health walks in Musselburgh and Haddington.
- Midlothian Council sight loss support: Living skills, registration and equipment, with Sight Scotland.
For advice by phone, wherever you live: Macular Society helpline on 0300 3030 111, RNIB Scotland on 0303 123 9999 or Sight Scotland on 0800 024 8973. The Macular Society asks people to phone before going to a group for the first time.
If a straight line starts to look wavy, or your vision changes suddenly, see an optometrist the same day. If the practice is closed, phone NHS 24 on 111.