Cosmetic blepharoplasty and dry eye disease: a review of the incidence, clinical manifestations, mechanisms and prevention

Abstract

Dry eye disease is a multifactorial disease of the ocular surface and can be caused by a variety of iatrogenic interventions, especially ophthalmic surgical procedures. This article reviews the incidence, clinical manifestations, mechanisms and prevention of dry eye disease caused or worsened by cosmetic blepharoplasty, and focus on how to reduce and prevent the occurrence of postoperative dry eye disease and provide the basis for the selection of operation methods and the rational drug during the perioperative period.

Keywords

• dry eye disease
• cosmetic blepharoplasty
• prevention