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EW CORNEA 24 June 2011 Patients also experienced im- provements in symptoms they only realized they had after the proce- dure. "During follow-up visits, pa- tients offered unsolicited observa- tions of their eyes," Dr. Maskin reported. "In addition to the im- provement of those symptoms for which they received probing, LT, and LMC, there were other newly recognized but previously subclini- cal symptoms, which were relieved as well. These symptoms were not apparent before the probing but were only noted by the patient to have been present in retrospect, when recognizing the overall im- provement of ocular comfort." Dr. Maskin explained why he believes probing is so effective. "Ori- Treatment continued from page 23 The Maskin Meibomian Gland Intraductal Probe (Rhein Medical) Source: Steven L. Maskin, M.D. Twisted Sister raises money for uveitis Band auctions guitars and plays benefit concert by Faith A. Hayden EyeWorld Staff Writer J ay Jay French, guitarist for the 80s hair band Twisted Sister, isn't going to take uveitis any- more. Neither is his 17-year-old daughter Samantha, who has bat- tled the eye disease since age 6. Under the name the "Pinkburst Project," French and the band have auctioned 14 custom-made guitars (think Gibson, Fender, and Epi- phone) in Malibu Barbie pink, as well as 12 hot pink amplifiers to raise money for the Ocular Im- munology & Uveitis Foundation. The band also played a benefit con- cert for the Foundation, raising a total of $110,000 from the auction and show. "I am extremely grateful to Jay Jay for bringing the much needed attention to uveitis and the work of the Ocular Immunology & Uveitis Foundation," said C. Stephen Foster, M.D., founder and president. "Ocular immunology is not a particularly glamorous field, and few ophthalmologists choose to enter it. As a result, few ocular immunologists exist, and so many pa- tients with uveitis and other forms of eye inflammation continue to be treated with the 1950s standard of care while much more effec- tive and safer strategies exist today." fice penetration and intraductal probing reestablishes a patent orifice and central duct by relieving ob- struction," Dr. Maskin reported. "It may also reduce elevated IDP and re- move stagnant abnormal meibum

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