Official Position Paper of the World Organization of Dermophthalmology (WOD)
With Classical Greek Foundations & Scientific References Conceived in Greece
ABSTRACT
Dermophthalmology is a new, emerging field within Ophthalmology that studies the deep, bidirectional relationship between the eyelid skin, eyelashes, Meibomian and associated glands, the periocular/ocular microbiome, and the ocular surface. All these structures are no longer seen as fragmented parts of different organs, but as components of a single, continuous interface organ: the Ophthalmoderma.
This new framework:
● does not claim a new medical specialty,
● does not replace Ophthalmology, Dermatology, or Pharmacology,
● but creates a shared clinical space and scientific language where ophthalmologists, dermatologists, and other health professionals can more comprehensively address diseases of the skin–eye interface.