Tag: meibomian glands

Over the past decade, eyecare providers have been increasingly drawn to the presence of Demodex mites on the eyelid and lash follicles as potential contributors to a string of ocular health issues – from chronic styes to blepharitis to ocular rosacea. Current standard of care for eradicating Demodex associated blepharitis is treatment with 50% tea tree oil-based eyelid cleanser and 5% tea tree oil ointment for up to 4 weeks. “But there are almost no clinical studies looking at the impact of these treatments on the eye,” Dr. David Sullivan explains during this podcast.

A new study investigated the impact of soft contact lens wear on the meibomian glands (MG). The study details. The authors examined 174 eyes of current contact lens...

Can you make my meibomian glands grow? According to a new study published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, you can. How exactly? By doing a procedure called meibomian...

A new study published in the Journal of Glaucoma found that as the number of glaucoma drops increased for a patient, so did their meibomian gland dropout. Tell me...