TFOS to publish new lifestyle report

How does eye make-up affect the ocular surface?

A new global workshop report by the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS), titled ‘A lifestyle epidemic: ocular surface disease’, will be published this quarter in The Ocular Surface journal.

Ahead of that, on 6 and 7 May, practitioners are invited to hear its conclusions and the recommendations of the sub-committee reports, which focus on the direct and indirect impacts that everyday lifestyle choices and challenges have on ocular surface health.

Eight topics will address the digital environment, contact lenses, cosmetics, elective medications and procedures, nutrition, environmental conditions, lifestyle challenges and societal challenges.

“This new TFOS report focuses on the direct and indirect impacts that everyday lifestyle choices and challenges have on ocular surface health – from screen time, to our beauty routines, to our nutrition, to where we live,” stated Amy Gallant Sullivan, TFOS executive director.

“This TFOS Lifestyle Workshop report involved 158 experts from 38 countries around the world, required almost three years to complete, and was committed to an evidence-based approach and a process of open communication, dialogue and transparency, in order to achieve a consensus concerning lifestyle choices and ocular surface disease,” added TFOS founder, David Sullivan.

The eight presentations will be available to view at any time during 6 and 7 May. Register here.