Artificial tears have long been the first option for patients with dry eye disease, but they only offer a partial solution.
Neurostimulation and neuromodulation of tears are newer ways to think about and address issues related to the ocular surface, according to Healio/OSN Board Member Laura M. Periman, MD.
“Neuromodulation is an exciting approach to dry eye that harkens to a part of the very definition of dry eye disease — that dry eye includes neurosensory compromise,” she said. “Up until just recently, we did not have the tools for addressing the neurosensory