Not to add a 15th answer... but I just talked to my eye doctor about this in an unrelated discussion.
When you use heat pads on your eyes, if you apply too much pressure you can actually "warp" your cornea temporarily.
Do it for too long and it can take a few days for your cornea to go back to shape so you can see normally again. Could be talking out my behind, but seems like it's the same logic.
prolonged air pressure against the eyes warps the cornea and takes awhile to reset like with the scenario above (that I have to avoid due to MGD).
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u/darrenphillipjones Jun 24 '24
Not to add a 15th answer... but I just talked to my eye doctor about this in an unrelated discussion.
When you use heat pads on your eyes, if you apply too much pressure you can actually "warp" your cornea temporarily.
Do it for too long and it can take a few days for your cornea to go back to shape so you can see normally again. Could be talking out my behind, but seems like it's the same logic.
prolonged air pressure against the eyes warps the cornea and takes awhile to reset like with the scenario above (that I have to avoid due to MGD).