Abstract
Purpose: A principal cause of evaporative dry eye (DE) is poorly functioning meibomian glands (MG). Conventional therapy advocates warm compresses using a towel or eyelid warming masks in an attempt to liquefy the meibum and enhance the tear film quality. A temperature between 40 and 42 °C for at least 4 min has been advocated as ideal to liquefy the meibum. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the heat retention properties of commercially available eyelid warming devices over a 12-minute interval.
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