Do you use the air puff machine? I hate that thing!

The so-called ‘air puff machine’ is one way to measure the internal pressure of the eyeball, or IOP. Three bursts of air blowing at your eyeball sounds great, right? Nah, we don’t like it either. The air puff is a screening test for IOP and if your measurement is outside normal limits, generally you should be tested again by another piece of equipment that is more accurate. So why do the puff at all? Dr. Laurie prefers to measure eye pressure the more accurate way on everybody. No air puff… and not nearly as many complaints.