Started having many of the symptoms you all have experienced with Blepharitis ... thought it was just a fluke at first.. maybe was having an allergic reaction to my makeup, peeling eyelids, crusty at the corners of my eyes in the morning, as it got worse it was swelling and very red eyelids.. then I began to really worry because my son came home complaining that his eye was red and hurting. I thought maybe we were getting pink eye so off to the doctor we went. She prescribed him with antibiotic eye drops and me with ointment, she said she didn't think mine was pink eye, but she wasn't sure what it was.... I have been using the ointment and things were not getting any better.. I decided to look online and see if there was anything out here about the symptoms I was experiencing. Little did I know that there are so many that have this eye mess!! I am so glad I found this forum.. I have been doing the heat compress in the morning and evening before bed and using the antibiotic ointment, also bought some "eye wipes" at the drug store to use by recommendation of a friend who has this same condition. Today I found the Wet Ones with the Benz. Chlor. and I have cut them in strips to use for the 3 times a day... Just used my first ones tonight.. praying for a good outcome... so far doesn't feel too bad other than a little drying around my eye area... I am in the process of waiting the 10 minutes and then will go and rinse my eyes with warm water and apply either the antibiotic ointment or maybe some vitamin E oil for moisturization. I am praying this works... I LOVE wearing eye makeup and would feel completely depressed if I can't wear it anymore because of this mess!! Thanks to everyone who has posted their great outcomes and treatments on this forum... hopefully I will be able to say it was a lifesaver for me soon!!!
Valerie,
I have recently gone through the same thing. My Dr had treated me for pink-eye for almost 3 months and it only got worse, so she sent me to a cornea specialist and I was diagnosed with Blepharitis. I too love wearing eye make-up. more out of necessity if you know what I mean. It just doesn't work. The minute it is applied, it runs down the face and causes more swelling, itching and pain. I just ordered some of the disposable mascara wands ( cheaper online) and may try. My right eye has it slightly and on days, I have even worn it on that eye and not the other one and tried to cover up that side with hair. lol
I just want to mention that one of the things that helped my eyelids to clear up was to stop using a moisturizer on them. I had gotten a special moisturizer for eyes, but my eyelids continued to be irritated. It was after stopping that moisturizer and starting the hot compresses (I now use a microwaveable eye bag that I ordered online) that things began to clear up. The antibiotic ointment wasn't helping, and I was then prescribed a steroid to use one week a month. I only did that for 2 months. Once I read about the Wet Ones, I skipped all the creams and ointments and just used those along with the warm eye bag and "expressing" the oil/gunk by firmly stroking my cleaned finger along the eyelid margins, upper and lower of each eye. I had used a product called SteriLid for a time, but when that ran out used the baby shampoo for a while. I now only occasionally use the baby shampoo.
Even though my eyes are cleared up, my eye doctor recommended continuing the warm compress 3 times a week to keep the oils flowing, so I am back to doing that after having mostly stopped for a while. I used the Wet Ones for about 3 months twice daily originally, and still use them occasionally now.
I did also read a book called The Dry Eye Remedy that I got from the library - that helped me develop my eye routine, but I found out about the Wet Ones on this site.
Hi Nancy,
Do you happen to remember the name of the site you ordered the eye bag from ? That sounds like it would be much better especially when not home.
I got it from Amazon. It was called Thermalon Dry Eye Compress. I also saw it later in my local CVS.
Hi
I ordered my eye bag from Amazon and it came from
MGDRx Eye Bag for Blepharitis
The EyeBag Co. Ltd
Hope that helps
Love
Eileen
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-am-an-ophthalmologist-i-realised-that-the-inconvenien--4978
This tells you about the eye bag and where to buy it
LoL That is exactly the information I gave in the previous post
Check my post above yours
Love
Eileen
Yes, I saw that but I thought that the post that went with my link, was also interesting
Thanks everybody. I looked up the Microwaveable eye bags and there were so many , so glad to know the exact site all of you ordered from. There are so many nice people in this world .
My other reply is pending, so I'll try again. I ordered from Amazon and got the Thermalon Dry Eye Compress. I wrap a clean washcloth around it every time I use it, so I don't need to worry about cleaning it.
Nancy-I just finished reading that review too. I have a karger microwaveable Thermalon that I use for my knee and love it. It stays very hot !
I meant larger not karger.
Hi Valerie,
i had a similar experience. I had bacterial pink eye to start with, i picked it up off my partner who had it a week earlier. From that date my eyes have never been the same, I thought I was getting recurring pink eye from reinfecting myself. After 6 months and 4 Eye specialist I have finally got on to the right treatment thanks to a very genuine and experienced eye doctor. Most likely the infection did something to my glands or the like and it's most likely posterior bleph. Anyway, I used all the cleanser and wipes etc but my eyes were still watery, red, swollen and itchy. This new amazing doc has put me on a new antibiotic pill for bleph, called azithromycin. It is working amazing for me so far, eyes 90% better. The good thing with this pill you only need to take it once a month as it has extended release, so it's pretty easy to stick with.
I also love makeup and it has caused me grief, but I have spoken gp he says wearing makeup doesn’t really make a difference and I would have to agree as I have used makeup throughout the whole 6 months.
Anyhow wish you all the best, let us know how you get on.
Ana x
Thanks for the info Valerie. Are your ducts clogged ?
Hello Kathy,
I don't know if they are clogged.. they certainly don't feel like they are, but my left eye has watered pretty much non stop all day today... so I guess it's a possibility the duct maybe clogged.. I am thinking that it may be time to see my eye doctor to get a better diagnosis. My eyes have been irritated all day today... feeling dryer than normal but the left eye has been watering all day... this is very frustrating to say the least!!
Mine too They do much better when inside, but the minute I go outside, the waterworks start.
That is exactly what mine have done all day today... Once I got home it wasn't near as bad... but all day when outside ... drip drip drip... grr!! irritating!
Hi Ana,
Nice to know that the antibiotics are working for you.. this condition is so irritating... you don't realize until you have it how darn debilitating it actually is.. and how much you rely on your eyes to act NORMAL!! Might be time for me to see my eye doctor!! Glad to know the makeup thing is probably NOT my problem... although I guess it's time to throw out all my current makeup and invest in some new stuff because the old is probably all gunked up with whatever this mess is and I would just continue to exaserbate the situation!
Thanks for your help... I appreciate all the replies .. they help to keep me educated about this condition ... I will keep posting. I hope you all do as well (drippy eyes today) lol
Val
Valerie,
The first thi ng I do when I come home is take off the eye make-up ( usually now just a little shadow). They feel so much better, but the moment I put anything on in the morning, it seems to cause the watering. When I was diagnosed with pink-eye 3 1/2 mos ago, I had just purchased all new Lancome eye make-up and had to discard all of it. I just thought it would be a 2 or 3 week ordeal, not this. I know there are so many things much much worse but it is strange that more people don't have it. I am hoping when I return to my cornea Dr, he might prescribe the azithromycin that Ana has been using.
Kathy