title: And so to sleep: hypnotherapy for lagophthalmos.
abstract: We used hypnosis to facilitate eye closure during sleep for a 44-year-old woman whose nocturnal lagophthalmos prevented use of a contact lens following cataract surgery and could have resulted in severe corneal damage. On three separate occasions the symptoms remitted following a very brief course of treatment. We discuss the results in terms of alternate theories of hypnotic performance.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Holroyd
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maguen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000379:methods*