This article reported on three patients with eye pain and photophobia following laser epilation of the eyebrow region. The eye examination included visual acuity, slit-lamp examination, tonometry and fundoscopy. The follow-up period was three months.
Each patient had conjunctival hyperemia in one or both eyes and anterior chamber pigmentary cells. One patient presented with posterior synechiae, which did not respond to treatment.
Laser epilation of the eyebrows may result in anterior uveitis as well as irreversible damage to the iris.
SOURCE: Shulman S, Bichler I. Ocular complications of laser-assisted eyebrow epilation. Eye 2009; Feb 13 [Epub ahead of print].