Current developments of intensive pulsed light treatment for dry eye disease and meibomian gland dysfunction

Introduction : Dry eye disease (DED) associated with meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is one of the most frequent eye diseases, with a prevalence from 10% of the Western population to 70% in Asian countries. Today there is no fully effective treatment and alternatives such as intensive pulsed light (IPL) are being sought. The results with IPL highlights show subjective improvement of the patients when the treatment is carried out with four...