Topical timolol maleate 0.5% for infantile capillary haemangioma of the eyelid

We read with great interest the recent article ‘Efficacy of systemic propranolol for severe infantile haemangioma of the orbit and eyelid: a case study of eight patients’, advocating oral propranolol as first-line therapy for periocular capillary haemangiomas.1 We would like to add topical timolol to the available treatment options, which was not mentioned in the article. It has been the experience of several published cohorts, as well as our own …