Today we’d like to introduce you to Rebecca Miller.
Hi Rebecca, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
I founded Dry Eye & Aesthetics DFW with one mission: to create a practice 100% dedicated to helping people finally find relief from chronic dry eye. My passion for this work comes from my own journey—I’ve struggled with dry eye for over 15 years. I know firsthand how exhausting the burning, tearing, blurriness, and daily discomfort can be.
After years of searching, I finally experienced real relief with advanced treatments like IPL and Tixel. They were life-changing. But I also learned how expensive these treatments can be, especially since most of them aren’t covered by insurance. I kept thinking: Patients shouldn’t have to choose between comfort and affordability.
That’s when Dry Eye & Aesthetics DFW was created.
I wanted to build a practice where patients could access the highest level of dry eye care—including IPL, Tixel, regenerative therapies, and meibomian gland treatments—at less than half the cost typically charged elsewhere. Through creative planning, resourceful solutions, and a commitment to value-driven care, I was able to make that vision a reality.
In the last six months, I’ve opened two locations and have had the joy of celebrating the success of patients from all across the DFW metroplex. Seeing patients experience comfortable, clear, healthy eyes again is why I do what I do.
This practice was created from personal experience, passion, and a belief that relief should be accessible. I’m honored to help each patient begin their journey toward better, more comfortable vision—without barriers.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Creating Dry Eye & Aesthetics DFW was deeply meaningful—but it wasn’t easy. One of the biggest challenges was the massive cost of the equipment required to deliver true clinical results. The most effective dry eye technologies—like Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) devices, Tixel, and advanced diagnostics—are incredibly expensive, and most practices avoid investing in them because insurance doesn’t cover these treatments.
But I knew that if I was going to do this, I wanted to do it the right way.
Instead of building a large staff or delegating patient care, I made the deliberate decision to be the only team member. It allows me to keep overhead low while ensuring that every patient gets doctor-driven, personalized treatment at every single visit. No technicians. No shortcuts. Just true one-on-one care.
I also chose to invest in the only FDA-approved IPL specifically for Dry Eye and Meibomian Gland Dysfunction. This was a huge financial commitment, but it was equally important to me that patients receive treatments backed by published studies.
Every purchase, every protocol, and every decision has been guided by one core belief:
Patients deserve the very best technology, delivered at a price they can actually afford, by a doctor who cares deeply about the outcome.
Building this practice required sacrifice, creativity, and a willingness to take risks—but the impact on patients makes every challenge worth it.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
Outside of the exam room, I’m a wife and mom to three incredible boys who are truly my biggest cheerleaders. They’ve supported me through every chapter of the past 14 years as I’ve built my career in ophthalmology—celebrating the late nights, long flights, and big dreams right alongside me.
My love for Dry Eye care actually began more than 20 years ago in dry eye drug development, long before advanced treatment options were widely available. That early experience opened my eyes to the complexity of the disease and the overwhelming need for better solutions. From there, I spent years working with cataract and refractive surgery groups, where it became clear that optimized ocular surface health is the foundation of great surgical outcomes. Those environments demanded deeper knowledge, more advanced tools, and innovative treatment approaches—and I embraced every opportunity to learn.
I’ve been incredibly fortunate to work alongside brilliant, generous mentors throughout my career. Their commitment to excellence and their willingness to invest in me shaped the doctor I am today. But no one has believed in me more than my husband. His constant encouragement is the reason I had the courage to follow my passion—to open a practice built entirely around the needs of Dry Eye patients and to dedicate my energy to helping people find relief.
That same passion has taken me around the world, teaching fellow doctors from the podium about Dry Eye disease, advanced therapies, and how to deliver exceptional outcomes. Sharing knowledge and helping others elevate their care has become one of the greatest honors of my career.
Today, everything I do—every lecture, every treatment, every decision made in my practice—is driven by a blend of personal experience, scientific curiosity, and a heartfelt desire to help people feel and see better.
Where do you see things going in the next 5-10 years?
Over the next decade, I anticipate some major shifts in how healthcare, specially, Dry Eye and ocular surface disease are diagnosed, treated, and delivered to patients.
As healthcare costs continue to rise, at a pace that outstrips reimbursements, this puts increasing pressure on physicians. Many doctors will be forced to make difficult decisions—often choosing between accepting declining reimbursements or moving toward a more concierge-style model to prioritize time, quality, and personalized care.
In my view, we’ll see more practices shift toward direct-care models, especially for conditions like Dry Eye, where insurance coverage remains extremely limited despite growing prevalence.
In our information economy, patients are becoming more educated and more proactive about their eye health. As a result, I expect an expansion of highly specialized, niche practices—much like Dry Eye & Aesthetics DFW—that focus on one area of excellence rather than trying to be everything to everyone.
These micro-practices will deliver a level of expertise, access, and results that traditional models cannot match.
I look forward to expansion as energy-based devices like IPL, Tixel and other treatments will become standard of care for managing Dry Eye. Ocular Roseacea, Meibomian Gland Dysfunction. We’ll likely see a surge in technologies that combine imaging, AI-driven diagnostics, and regenerative treatments to personalize outcomes.
Patients will increasingly expect advanced options—not just artificial tears and warm compresses.
Pricing:
- $350/treatment
- $1250/series of 4sessions
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.DryEyeDFW.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1Cy9Xu2Dgu/
