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I have MGD and my hot compress routine for the last 4-5 years has been this : I wet a towel in hot (as hot as my eyes can bear) water and then squeeze to remove out most of the water and then place the towel on my closed eyes. I repeat when the towel loses its temperature and I do this for about 5 mins. (I also sometimes use rice bags or gel beads by heating them on the microwave but I find the towel more effective.)
After this I close my eyes and take my index finger and press hard against the upper and lower eye lids especially where the eye lids meets the eye lashes.
Dr Korb (from Boston) mentioned that applying heat is ok but pressing hard against the eye lids will damage the cornea. He has also written a paper about this (which I cant seem to find now). The technique he recommends is to much skip the second step of massaging the eye lids.
Pressing hard against my eye lids gives me a lot of relief and I would really hate to lose the relief that I m getting right now. My question to you is whether you have alternate techniques that give you relief. Is there anything that has helped?
After this I close my eyes and take my index finger and press hard against the upper and lower eye lids especially where the eye lids meets the eye lashes.
Dr Korb (from Boston) mentioned that applying heat is ok but pressing hard against the eye lids will damage the cornea. He has also written a paper about this (which I cant seem to find now). The technique he recommends is to much skip the second step of massaging the eye lids.
Pressing hard against my eye lids gives me a lot of relief and I would really hate to lose the relief that I m getting right now. My question to you is whether you have alternate techniques that give you relief. Is there anything that has helped?
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