McConkey Eye Care

11/18/2025

with talked about what businesses should offer flights this morning. It doesn’t just have to apply to food and drinks! We offer a flight of scleral lens saline for our keratoconus and specialty lens patients to try out multiple salines before purchasing a large supply!

11/15/2025

You won’t want to miss this one!

Have you tried yet? As a dry eye sufferer due to low tear production, I was super excited to try this new drop! Tryptyr is FDA approved to increase tear production by stimulating corneal nerves that detect temperature change.

Given it stimulates corneal nerves, I fully expected to feel the drop, but I did not expect my full on body rejection 😂 I loved how my eyes felt after a few hours, so I’m going to try to tough it out a little bit longer, as many patients have expressed how much they love it.

Let us know what you think of this new drop below 👇🏻

11/14/2025

Feeling a little ✨festive✨ here at McConkey Eye Care!

11/12/2025

Please call me Dr. McConkey 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

It’s about respect. If you trust me enough to come to me for medical advice, then please respect me enough to call me Dr. McConkey.

11/11/2025

This is a huge win for menopausal women! Have you ever heard that more women have dry eye than men? Have you ever wondered why? It’s hormonal! Let’s stop pretending that just because hormone levels are “normal for your age” that it justifies having to feel the way millions of women feel on a daily basis.

I had a patient tell me how much better she felt on HRT, but was told to stop by her gynecologist, because taking hormones is “unnatural.” If I had been drinking coffee, I would have spewed it all across the table at that moment. The same doctors who pump our literal children with hormones to prevent pregnancy are unwilling to give HRT to full grown women who are struggling with whole body symptoms.

Make it make sense!

Here’s to hoping this starts giving patients better access to care, for women of all I come brackets to have access to HRT, and not just those who can afford elective treatments. Here’s to hoping insurance will start covering therapies that treat the root cause.

https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/hhs-advances-womens-health-removes-misleading-fda-warnings-hormone-replacement-therapy.html

11/10/2025

Today is National Keratoconus Day!

Keratoconus is a genetic condition of the cornea, that can cause poor vision with glasses and soft contact lenses. While many keratoconus sufferers may need corneal transplants, we are lucky to have new advancements in treatments including corneal crosslinking and specialty lenses.

Dr. McConkey spent this past year traveling the country to learn from some of the best keratoconus specialists around. She attended Fit Academy at Boston Sight, The Gas Permeable Lens Institute Symposium in Columbus, the International Congress of Scleral Contact lenses, and has even begun lecturing to other doctors to help improve access for patients with Keratoconus.

If you have been diagnosed with keratoconus, or know someone suffering with Keratoconus, we can help! Feel free to reach out at 443-453-5444 or schedule a consultation online at www.McConkeyEyeCare.com/schedule

10/31/2025

Friday funday with my staff.

10/29/2025

While Dr. McConkey has transitioned to seeing only Dry Eye and Specialty Lens patients, we do have a few exceptions to that business model. Meet Duncan, one of the youngest patients Dr. M has seen in her career. He had just turned 4 years old, and needed some pretty hefty glasses. He walked around his house putting his glasses on and taking them off while looking at various objects to compare blur versus clear vision. For 8 years, we have watched him grow up from a tiny tot to a sarcastic middle schooler. How is he almost a teenager now?!

So good to see you, Duncan!

10/27/2025

PROOF that Meibomian Gland Loss is NOT age related. Do not let your doctor gas light you into believing your dry eye is due to age. 86% of dry eye suffers have miebomian gland dysfunction, also known as MGD. MGD can result from incomplete blink, rosacea, mites and bacteria, poor diet, history of accutane usage, and other causes. Age is not the cause. See here, a 15 year old patient with meibomian gland loss, the glands are short and many have be lost entirely, as compared to my 85 year old patient who has the most beautiful gland structure I’ve ever seen. Without good gland structure, the glands will not produce enough oil to create the lipid layer of the tear film, tears will evaporate too quickly, leading to dry eye that is typically worse at the end of the day or after near work such as video games, reading, computer use, and phone use. Visit us to have photos of your meibomian glands taken at a dry eye evaluation. You can schedule online at www.McConkeyEyeCare.com

10/26/2025

Exciting news! The FDA has approved Epioxa (riboflavin 5'-phosphate ophthalmic solution) as the first epithelium-on corneal cross-linking procedure to treat progressive keratoconus in patients aged 13 and older. Unlike traditional cross-linking, Epioxa is an incision-free alternative that does not require the removal of the corneal epithelium, and it is expected to be commercially available in early 2026.

Epioxa Provides the Ophthalmic Community and Patients with the First and Only FDA-Approved, Incision-Free, Topical Drug Therapy for Keratoconus EEpioxa Represents a Novel, Groundbreaking Therapy for Patients Afflicted by This Sight-Threatening Rare Disease Epioxa Expected to Be Commercially Availabl...

10/24/2025

Check in on OptiLift! Amber Torgerson

10/22/2025

Exciting things are happening at McConkey Eye Care!

Dr. McConkey and team are leading the way in Harford County with OptiLIFT, using advanced Dynamic Muscle Stimulation to support patients dealing with impaired blinking and lower lid laxity.

It’s always inspiring to see partners transforming care in their communities.