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Meibomian gland dysfunction symptoms, including secretions and visual acuity, improved with the use of testosterone cream.

This could be a way to treat patients who have exhausted other therapies.

MINNEAPOLIS — One patient experienced significant improvements in symptoms of meibomian gland dysfunction after using testosterone cream for 2 months, according to a poster presented at Optometry’s Meeting .

“We can approach meibomian gland dysfunction as a sebaceous gland disorder. Because sebaceous glands are androgen-sensitive — particularly to testosterone — it makes biological sense that testosterone could enhance meibomian gland function,” Kaleb Abbott , OD, MS, FAAO, FOWNS , of the department of ophthalmology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

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