If your meibomian glands are dysfunctional we may ask you to perform warm compresses and lid massage.
Heating of the lids helps to melt meibomian secretions that are blocking the glands.
Gentle lid massage helps to encourage the meibum out of the glands allowing them to function normally.
Warm compresses and lid massage can often be ineffective if the glands are completely blocked. So, we will often perform meibomian expression as an in-house treatment to completely unblock the glands prior to asking you to perform the treatment at home.
We will show you how to do the hot compresses and lid massage correctly.