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Lipiflow v. warm compresses

To unclog my meibomian glands, I use a warm compress followed by manual q-tip expression of the upper and lower lid glands. Is this the same as lipiflow? Or are there added benefits to lipiflow?

Note: I assume the doctor treatment that heats up the glands is in fact called lipiflow?

Hello - very dry eyes in the UK and depression

Hi I am based in Cheshire in the uk.

I took accutane over 15 years ago and since then I ve had problems with dry eyes.

Since about 2019 things settled and I was pain and symptom free up until about 3 months ago.

From almost nowhere symptoms came back again...

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