MUST READ! Baby shampoo and tea tree oil

Eye care
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I read a few people saying they use tea tree face wash for bleth. I went ahead and added 2 drops of tea tree pure oil into my baby shampoo and water mix that I apply twice daily to lashes with a cotton bud..

24 hours later my vision is clearer, I've woke up on the second day with a very small amount of crust on my eyes.. The itching is minimal.. I am on day 3 of using after trying everything and a miserable week of a bad flare up!

I would give it a go ASAP

Baby shampoo

Tea tree oil

Water

(In a travel bottle made for shampoos etc so easy to carry around)

Cotton bud dipped in and wipe around lash line and eye area

I will keep updated but this feels good to have clear eyes 😀

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Hi Emma, that sounds very promising...Ive threatened to try tea tree oil for a while but each time I say to the Pharmacist or Health Store assistant they put me off and say way too harsh for the eyes. I was about to purchase a bottle in Holland and Barrett on Friday the shop assistant said she wouldnt recommend to put near the eyes. You obviously had no negative reaction? which is good....Please keep us posted. Its a truely horrible condition, its drivin me nuts...

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They are right! The first time I used tea tree it wasn't diluted enough, and when I say burned.. IT BURNED!!!!

so I literally use 1 drop tea tree and 100ml water and one drop of baby shampoo. To be honest this condition is horrific and I was willing to try anything. My now very diluted bottle doesn't burn sting even when I got a bit in my eye so I'm not worried

If it continues to work I would highly recommend it

Just a very diluted version

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Thanks Emma, yes will give it a try, the key is only a drop of the tea tree oil...Yea Im almost finding this worse than the chronic dry eye...Im def not ruling out a dermatologist either. Ive started on Sea Buckthorn Oil today, so heres hopin they work....

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Good luck!!!

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Thanks.......

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What brand of tea oil do you use?

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Il confirm later when I'm home but it's a small blue bottle from an oil shop

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Thanks Emma for the information....when you wipe around the eyes are your eyes open or closed....can you describe for me?

Thank you, Dawn

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I dip a cotton bud in the solution and wipe the outside with eyes closed and then the inner part of my eyelid with my eyes open. It is so dilute it is fine if any goes in my eye but rarely does.

It's working well, I'm even getting individual lashes tomorrow !!!

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Thank you so much, Emma!

Individual eyelashes.....fun!!

Take care.....Dawn

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Is it also ok to use it without baby shampoo?

Because for me baby shampoo doesn't seem to do much

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Id say it's fine, just make sure to add lots of water if you don't use baby shampoo, Tea tree is quite strong so baby shampoo will help soothe your eyes and tea tree kills germs. But you can try without I guess!

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Hi Emma.....do you have mgb too....so do you do the heat compresses?

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I do heat compresses when I have a flare up. But not everyday. I find that regular cleaning with baby shampoo and tea tree oil works well enough. I only use heat when I find a lot of mucus/crust builds up. But I doubt there is any harm in doing them everyday.

I used to use wet ones and found them okay, but prefer tea tree after a recommendation plus it's much more natural and cheaper

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Thank you, Emma so much for your response. ..Dawn

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Keep us updated!

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Can you also use dropper and put few drops into your eyes like using eye drops?

Or would that be too much?

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I wouldn't recommend putting oil and baby shampoo in your eye, the tea tree is like a natural disinfectant and will help calm it all down. Inside your I would probably not be a good idea.

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Can you help me which tea tree oil I should get? I don't know which tea tree oil should be used for blepharitis.

I see something called Hollywood tea tree oil, but it's not 100% pure so I don't think it's the right one.