Patient looking straight ahead with lid lift; no collarettes are visible
Same patient looking down; collarettes are visible
Images by Elizabeth Yeu, MD
Slit lamp evaluation, 10x magnification
Patient looking straight ahead; no collarettes are visible
Same patient looking down; collarettes are visible
Images by Paul Karpecki, OD
Slit lamp evaluation, 10x magnification
Patient looking straight ahead; no collarettes are visible
Same patient looking down; collarettes are visible
Images by Justin Schweitzer, OD
Slit lamp evaluation, 10x magnification
Lid Library
Demodex mites are associated with two-thirds of blepharitis cases1
58% of eye care patients may have Demodex blepharitis1
Lid margin redness is an objective sign of Demodex blepharitis2
1. Trattler W, Karpecki P, Rapoport Y, et al. The prevalence of Demodex blepharitis in US eye care clinic patients as determined by collarettes: a pathognomonic sign. Clin Ophthalmol. 2022;16:1153-1164. 2. Data on file, Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. June 2021.