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The effect of eyeliner tattoo on meibomian gland dysfunction and the ocular surface
- Title
- The effect of eyeliner tattoo on meibomian gland dysfunction and the ocular surface
- Authors
- Yoon J.; Kim A.Y.; Jun R.M.; Han K.E.
- Ewha Authors
- 전루민; 한경은
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 전루민; 한경은
- Issue Date
- 2020
- Journal Title
- Journal of Korean Ophthalmological Society
- ISSN
- 0378-6471
- Citation
- Journal of Korean Ophthalmological Society vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 146 - 152
- Keywords
- Dry eye syndrome; Eyeliner tattoo; Meibomian gland; Tear film lipid layer thickness
- Publisher
- Korean Ophthalmological Society (KOS)
- Indexed
- SCOPUS; KCI
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Purpose: To determine whether eyeliner tattoo affects the meibomian gland (MG) and ocular surface. Methods: The medical charts of an eyeliner tattoo group (16 eyes of 8 patients) and a control group (16 eyes of 18 patients) were retrospectively reviewed. The ocular surface disease index questionnaire, ocular surface staining score, tear film break-up time (TBUT), upper eyelid abnormality, meibum expressibility and quality, and MG loss and tear film lipid layer thickness (LLT) which measured with LipiView® (TearScience, Morrisville, NC, USA) were compared. In the tattoo group, the correlation between the distance from the MG orifice to the tattoo pigment and other indices were analyzed. Results: Compared to controls, the tattoo group had a significantly higher ocular surface disease index (p = 0.002), shorter TBUT (p < 0.001), higher vessel engorgement of the upper lid (p = 0.016), poorer meibum expressibility and quality (p = 0.006 and p < 0.001, respectively), higher MG loss (p < 0.001), and thinner LLT (p = 0.024). In the tattoo group, the closer the tattoo was to the MG orifice, the more the upper lid vessel was engorged and the more MG loss occurred (rs = -0.560, p = 0.024; rs = -0.563, p = 0.023, respectively), and a thinner LLT was observed (rs = 0.567, p = 0.022). Conclusions: Eyeliner tattoos may be related to changes in the lid margin, loss of the MG, and thinning of the LLT. © 2020 The Korean Ophthalmological Society
- DOI
- 10.3341/jkos.2020.61.2.146
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- 의과대학 > 의학과 > Journal papers
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