Dry eye and dry skin - is there a connection?

Igor PetričekSania Vidas PaukMartina TomićTomislav Bulum

Published in: Ophthalmic epidemiology (2021)

This study showed that ocular dryness was subjectively and objectively positively correlated to facial skin dryness. Patients reliably described their skin condition. People with dry facial skin also had drier eyes.

Keyphrases

soft tissue
wound healing
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
physical activity
peritoneal dialysis
optical coherence tomography