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. 2012 Jan;119(1):84–89. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.06.045

Table 5.

Relationship Between Any Epilation and Corneal Opacity and Successful Epilation and Corneal Opacity

Corneal Opacity Grade Eyes with Clinical Evidence of Epilation
Eyes with Successful Epilation
Yes No Yes No
0, 1 2010 (66.7%) 863 (66.5%) 552 (75.6%) 1460 (63.9%)
≥2 1003 (33.3%) 435 (33.5%) 178 (24.4%) 826 (36.1%)

Total number of eyelids = 4311.

Successful epilation is defined as clinical evidence of epilation and no lashes touching the globe.

Patients who do not epilate excluded. The denominator is 3016 lids with clinical evidence of epilation.