Emerging treatments
Acupuncture
Acupuncture has been studied for the treatment of acute hordeola. One Cochrane review found low-certainty evidence that acupuncture with or without conventional treatments may provide short-term benefits for treating acute hordeola when compared with conventional treatments alone.[24]
Microblepharoexfoliation
Microblepharoexfoliation (MBE) is under study as a non-invasive adjunctive treatment for chalazia. MBE treatment plus lid hygiene demonstrated a statistically significant resolution of chalazion compared with lid hygiene alone.[25]
Optimised pulse technology
One prospective before-after study of 23 patients with chalazia who received two sessions of optimised pulse technology (OPT) with a 1-week interval, reported that OPT treatment reduced the size of chalazia in 91.3% of patients and significantly increased the meibomian gland area.[26]
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