The authors report a case of a 16-year-old patient with phthi-riasis palpebrarum treated with oral ivermectin. Although already used for a number of other parasitic diseases it is also effective against human lice. One outstanding advan-tage of that drug could be its easy medical regimen.
Parasitic eye infections; Eyelashes; Ectoparasitic infestations; Eyelid diseases; Ivermectin
