A recent study demonstrates that this once-a-week course is as effective as six weeks of daily oral doxycycline but with fewer adverse effects.

Patients should see improvement after four 12-minute sessions, Lumenis reports.

The compress warms up once exposed to the air, no microwave required.

One possible explanation is that this age group’s increased prevalence and severity of mite infestation could have a desensitizing effect on the ocular surface over time, researchers suggest.

Nine of 11 studies in a new literature review reported that the treatment’s clinical benefit was superior to conventional methods, but industry involvement should give pause.

In conjunction with disposable heated eye mask use during the procedure, patients experienced greater symptom relief in a recent study.

Patients reported less pain and had fewer side effects than those on oral therapy.

Isotretinoin was found to alter meibomian gland morphology, causing lipid abnormalities.

A meta-analysis demonstrated that both meds induced improvement in signs and symptoms.