Introduction – Hygiene as the First Form of Medicine
The history of Medicine is, in essence, the history of purity. From the Asclepieia of
Ancient Greece to modern hospitals, the care of cleanliness has always been the
first act of healing.
Today, the greatest epidemic is not infection but neglect — not of the hands, but of the eyes.
Dermophthalmology, the new scientific discipline uniting Dermatology and Ophthalmology, brings to light a forgotten truth: that eyelid hygiene is the foundation of clear vision, prevention, and the aesthetic balance of the gaze.