Hawke's Bay's Dry Eye Specialist Group member is Shattky Optometrists, with practices in Hastings and Waipukurau. Between them they serve Hastings, Havelock North, Napier, Flaxmere, Clive and Central Hawke's Bay with structured tear-film assessment and the modern treatments that actually fix dry eye — IPL and LipiFlow among them — without a trip out of the region.
Shattky Optometrists — 116 Russell Street South, Hastings. Independent and optometrist-owned, and the Dry Eye Specialist Group's member practice for Hawke's Bay. The dry eye assessment covers infrared gland imaging (meibography), tear-film analysis, tear break-up time, and lid-margin and Demodex examination, followed by in-clinic treatment including IPL, LipiFlow, BlephEx lid exfoliation and meibomian gland expression. Phone 06 876 3777. Visit shattky.co.nz.
Shattky Optometrists — 36 Ruataniwha Street, Waipukurau. The same practice's Central Hawke's Bay branch, serving Waipukurau, Waipawa, Ōtāne and the surrounding district. Dry eye assessments are available locally; where a course of treatment is planned, it may be delivered in Hastings. Phone 06 858 9117.
Patients in Napier, Taradale and Havelock North: Hastings is about 20 minutes away, parking is easy, and new dry eye patients are welcome from across the Bay. No referral is needed.
Every assessment starts with measurement, not guesswork: infrared imaging of the meibomian glands (meibography), tear break-up time, tear-film analysis, tear volume, blink and lid-margin examination, and a check for blepharitis and Demodex. Treatment is then matched to your findings — IPL therapy for inflammatory evaporative dry eye, LipiFlow for blocked meibomian glands, BlephEx and lid treatments for blepharitis and lid-margin disease. Not every treatment is available at every member practice; Rexon Eye and Tixel, for instance, are offered elsewhere in the group, and Shattky will refer within the group where your eyes need something not available locally.
No — you can book a dry eye assessment directly with Shattky Optometrists in Hastings or Waipukurau.
For most patients, yes. Hastings is about 20 minutes from Napier, and Shattky is the only Dry Eye Specialist Group member in Hawke's Bay — the structured assessment, IPL and LipiFlow are not something you can get from a drops-and-leaflet appointment closer to home. Courses are scheduled around travel.
Typically four, spaced a few weeks apart, then a maintenance session once or twice a year. Whether IPL is the right tool for you at all is decided by the assessment first — if your problem is low tear volume or plain blepharitis, you'll be told so and treated accordingly.
See Our TreatmentsRead about meibomian gland dysfunction, watery eyes, or how the specialist workup decides your treatment. Outside Hawke's Bay? Find your nearest member practice.
Hastings and Napier both have optometry chains and department-store optical outlets that list dry eye among their services. The difference is what happens before treatment. A general practice typically offers drops, a warm-compress leaflet, and perhaps a per-session IPL price. A specialist dry eye clinic starts by measuring: infrared meibography to photograph your oil glands and see how much tissue is left to save, tear-film stability, tear volume, and a lid-margin examination for blepharitis and Demodex. Only then is a treatment prescribed — IPL, LipiFlow, BlephEx — and, just as often, a plain statement of which treatment is not worth your money. Shattky Optometrists works this way, and is independent and optometrist-owned.
Shattky sees dry eye patients from across the region — Napier, Taradale, Havelock North, Flaxmere, Clive, Waipukurau, Waipawa and wider Central Hawke's Bay. Where a course of treatment is planned, sessions are scheduled around travel and home-care plans are built for patients who cannot visit weekly.
Our experienced Dry Eye Specialists are here to assess your symptoms and recommend a personalised treatment plan tailored to your needs. Book your appointment today and take the first step toward lasting comfort and clearer vision.
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