Intense pulsed light for evaporative dry eye disease

Figures & data

Figure 1 Treatment area in IPL therapy of MGD.

Note: Each yellow rectangle schematically represents the site of a single IPL pulse application.
Abbreviations: IPL, intense pulsed light; MGD, meibomian gland dysfunction.

Figure 2 Mechanisms of action of IPL (simplified model).

Notes: Green arrows (+) represent effects that increase the level of the target; red arrows (−) represent effects that decrease the level of the target.
Abbreviations: IPL, intense pulsed light; a, skin rejuvenation; b, rosacea treatment; c, thrombosis; d, down-regulation; e, coagulation; f, warming and liquefying; g, up-regulation; h, fibroblasts activation; i, attenuation; j, production.