Assessment of the Effect of Wearing a Surgical Face Mask on Tear Film in Normal Eye Subjects.

Mana A Alanazi Gamal A El-HitiRashid Al-TamimiAbdullah M BawazirEssam S AlmutlebRaied FagehiSaud A AlanaziAli M Masmali

Published in: Journal of ophthalmology (2022)

Wearing a surgical face mask for a short duration of one hour has an effect on ocular tear film in normal eye subjects. Dry eye symptoms and tear break-up increased after wearing a face mask compared with those experienced before wearing one.

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