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Contact lens & anterior eye : the journal of the British Contact Lens Association · 2d
StudyContact lens & anterior eye : the journal of the British Contact Lens Association · 2026

Effect of a head strap on the function of an eyelid warming compress.

Mou Saha, Ana Mustahsin, James S Wolffsohn, Sònia Travé-Huarte
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Eyelid warming compress heated eyelids more when the head strap was left off

Effect of a head strap on the function of an eyelid warming compress.

Mou Saha … Sònia Travé-Huarte
Contact lens & anterior eye : the journal of the British Contact Lens Association · 2026
Purpose

This study investigated whether the presence of a strap clinically influences the performance of such eye masks.

Methods

The surface temperature decline of a Blepha EyeBag® eye mask (Théa Pharmaceuticals Limited,UK) placed on the facial area of a composite manikin head was measured with a thermographer following heating in a domestic microwave for 30, 45 and 60 s at a 800mw settings.

1.9
Results
1.9
± 2.2 °C
eyelid surface got warmer when the head strap was left off
More results

The upper and lower eyelids heated to a similar temperature (on average 31.1 ± 5.1 °C vs 31.2 ± 5.4 °C, respectively; F = 0.064, p = 0.805), with temperate systematically increasing with Blepha EyeBag® heating time (F = 74.027, p < 0.001).

More results

The temperature dropped with time following heating (F = 56.483, p < 0.001) in a similar manner with and without the strap in place F = 1.949, p = 0.221).

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Conclusion

The temperature transference to the eyelid surfaces was higher without the strap (on average by 1.9 ± 2.2 °C) possibly because the mask could conform to the contours of the face better when it wasn't pulled tight.

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