Susannah Longmuir MD PC

02/28/2019

It’s the end of a long day and your whole body is feeling tired- especially your eyes.  All day they’ve been stinging and itching and feeling dry, and it has taken a lot of willpower to keep from constantly rubbing them. If this sounds like you, then you might be one of the millions of …

02/28/2019

You’ve probably heard of eyelash mites- microscopic bugs that live in the skin on your face.  Did you know, though, that there are actually two different species of mites that live on humans?  Though similar, Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis have slightly different biologies and behaviors...

02/28/2019

02/18/2019

Rosacea is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that affects over 14 million people in the United States alone [1]. Although this condition is becoming more widely known and understood, many people, even those with rosacea, often do not realize that there are four subtypes of this condition, one bein...

02/18/2019

A new study finds that hospitalizations of people who had eye trauma rose by 18 percent over 13 years. Most of the increase was due to falls among people over age 65. But there are simple things you c

02/18/2019

Interrupting treatment for diabetic eye disease can result in blindness.

01/07/2019

Dr. Longmuir is a strong believer in microblepharoexfoliation. She performs this in her office with her own technique. This video describes a patient who has had microblepharoexfoliation which has improved her blepharitis or eyelid inflammation. If you suffer from dry eye you should schedule an evaluation with her.

01/06/2019

Blepharitis is irritating. Literally irritating. It can be caused by a deluge of tiny arachnids (demodex mites) that live on human faces, nesting inside of hair follicles and feeding on people’s sebaceous oils. That may sound terrifying and in some cases it is, but to most people those mites are h...

06/29/2018

Remember as July 4th approaches to take precautions if you are setting off fireworks or near someone who is working with fireworks.

One-third of people in the United States know someone who has been injured by fireworks or has been injured by fireworks themselves, according to a poll commissioned by the American Academy of Ophthal