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Blepharitis- I cured it and am so relieved

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s70969
s70969

Hi 

I’m just posting this because I know how awful Blepharitis is and how debilitating this condition is. 

I don’t how it started I just remember waking up in the mornings with pink eyes my right eye more pink than my left. The lower lash line also red I looked tired and as if I’d been crying all the time . I thought I was just tired then I noticed my eyelids and inner eye corners itching like hell. I was always rubbing my eyes. This horrible feeling always there led to to my eyes actually feeling dirty and itchy and my sight seemed blurry and the foreign body sensation was so horrible, and it was all the time. My eyes just randomly went red and then pink and then red but never back to a nice white eyeball. I finally reached my wits end by then I was fed up depressed and walking around with a really angry red eye that was not getting better. I went to the doctor and she sent me home with allergy eyedrops. No improvement went back came home with steroid drops used them for two weeks ....no improvement. By this time I had red small puffy swollen eyes and I was finding my self looking at them throughout the day. Almost obsessed it’s all I could think about so back I went this time to eye a&e. Six hours later I’m told I should never have been taking steroid drops and that I had Blepharitis and mgd. Prescribed dry eye drops and warm compresses and lid hygiene ie. baby shampoo !! Told I had it for life and I was devasted. 

Was I really meant to deal with what they called a minor condition for life , surely they couldn’t be so casual about this, it’s a condition that affects your life so much.

Refused to accept it but started with the programme they had advised. The warm compress made it worse eyes more puffy and pink. The eye drops only helped for a short time. I felt sick everytime I looked in a mirror and I looked in the mirror a lot , a vicious circle of discomfort and worry.

Then I Was visiting my mum one day and was whinging about my eyes she also had noticed the state of them. 

She went to the cupboard and pulled out just a jar Of standard normal honey. She said I’m going to put this on your eyes and it’s going to sting for about 5 minutes. I refused I said are you crazy things are bad enough as it is. Even the odd eye lash had started to come out nowadays. 

She scolded me she said back in the days in India they didn’t go to doctors or buy expensive drops and scrubs they just whacked some honey in thier eyes. I did know my mum does this and my dad and have been for years and years for just general eye health. So I thought what the hell let’s just do it. She took a metal eye liner stick (you get them in Indian kajol bottles ) she disinfected it took a spoon of honey out of the jar doused the metal thing in it and then she swiped across my lower lash line as if applying kajol and then swiped some across the eye lid too and then she practically massaged it all over my eyes. 

The stinging and burning was horrendous, oh my days it was so uncomfortable I couldn’t open my eyes they were watering so much. When I could open them for a second I had a hand mirror in front of me and all I could see was pink eyes. I remember screaming mum what have you done. I can’t see there going red !

She laughed and said stay like that for 15 minutes then go wash them with a clean flannel one for each eye. 

15 minutes later I washed my eyes and omg the relief it immediately felt better , and no pink eyes. And most amazingly of all my eyes looked like glass and felt so good and omg my vision felt so clear..... it felt like a new lease of life.

I carrried on and to this day I still do it once a week. My eyes are white clear and shiny my lashes are think and back to how they used to be. I have no problems now. I wear eye make up all the time but I make sure my eyes are clean and everything is off properly before bedtime.

I don’t use my dry eye drops anymore I don’t need them I cancelled my repeat prescription from the doctors.

My mum also gave me some kind of other thing to wash my eyes with apparently they use in India for inflamed eyes I have to chop a bit of it off mix it in water and let it foam up then I wash my eyelids with it rinse off and done I do that about twice a week.  

All I can say is I know how hard this situation is I know first hand how it affects you menatally and pysically. And if anyone’s was worse than mine then I don’t even want to think how you manage. I just want people who have Blepharitis to just please try honey , seriously , it’s an ancient old remedy used in India. And stick with it it stings it burns but once that subsides the relief is just so amazing.

Thanks mum I always turn my nose up at your herbal remedies but mums know what they’re talking about ! 

Please try honey ! And all of those suffering from Blepharitis...don’t give up don’t let it get you down , do something about it that’s not text book advice from just the doctors. Because if I hadn’t listened to my mum right now I would probably be still popping drops in through out the day buying eyelid wipes shampoos and god knows what else because I am one of those people who doesn’t give up and I would probably have been trying any product on the market to just make it better. 

It’s never come back, but I do my honey thing once a week no matter what and if I have a special occasion , just to get those eyes bright white and sparkly. 

Wishing you all the will power to keep going until you find what works for you.

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  • elenachi
    elenachi s70969

    Posted

    hi everyone, co-sufferer here! i have been struggling with blepharitis for years now, it comes and goes. i think it has to do with hormonal imbalance too cause it appears when i get pregnant or after i give birth. have been to a milion doctors that always suggest the same things. nothing really helped, i think it just goes away after a couple of months. this time i have it really bad and i will try the honey you are suggesting but dont understant how it can help with the mgb. i found an eye doctor on youtube that makes all kinds of videos abourlt dry eye, meibomian glands expresion ctr. check him out if you like, his page is: doctor eye health. anyway good luck to all of us that still suffer from this and i hope good health to everyone.

  • elenachi
    elenachi s70969

    Posted

    i forgot to mention that i tried coconut oil for hydration of the lids and then run the line of mu eyelids with pure essential trea tree oil, it stinks like hell for a while but after that i feel better. someone had suggested it in another forum. i hope i dont cause more harm. by the way the doctor i mentioned on my previous post said that the meibomian glands can die if they dont get treated for a long time:( i hope thats not the case with me..

  • stacy41605
    stacy41605 s70969

    Posted

    Hi all - I'm new to blepharitis, but it's quickly become my #1 enemy and the thing I obsess over 24/7 (I miss my old eyes and eye makeup so much). I'm so thankful to have found this forum and have been reading all of your at-home remedies while I wait for my first appointment with a dermatologist (though after reading this forum, I'm thinking he won't be able to help me). I first had symptoms in the fall (about 3-4 months ago), but I thought it was just a dry patch on my eyelids . I threw some Aquaphor on it and it went away. However it came back about 3 months later (since the beginning of March). I don't understand why it went away before or why it's come back (it's baffling to me). When it came back in March, it got progressively worse and once I woke up with swollen eyelids, I decided to see the eye doc. He diagnosed me with blepharitis just a few weeks ago and asked me a million questions to figure out the cause. I have no clue what has caused this, so my first question to this group is - 1) Has anyone discovered the CAUSE of their blepharitis? Do you know of anything that causes it to flare up? I've been playing around with dairy, alcohol, etc., but have no clue what the culprit is. My second question for the group is 2) What do you all use to lubricate your eyelids throughout the days? My eyelids are always so dry after the hot compresses, I have to immediately put aquaphor on them. What does anyone else use? My third question is 3) What type of blepharitis do you all have - anterior or posterior? Does it usually start with posterior? Mine only seems to be on my eyelids and not inside my eye, but I fear it will eventually move to INSIDE my eyes. Since finding this thread, I've tried tea tree oil (didn't notice that it helped), coconut oil (MIGHT be helping, too soon to tell), and I just started the Manuka honey treatments last night. I also just read about the COLD compresses (and cold water) instead of warm/hot, so I'm going to try that too. I have noticed that directly after I put a hot compress on my eyelids, they feel super tight and dry (and look kind of wrinkly), hence why I put on the aquaphor - has anyone else experienced this? I also read an online article about the importance of having a healthy scalp as it relates to blepharitis, and this is going to sound crazy, but starting in February, I started washing my hair every other day (and using dry shampoo), instead of every day. I've heard that when you wash your hair less frequently, over time your scalp will produce LESS oil to adjust. Is there any way less oil on my scalp has negatively effected the oil production in my eyelids? I know it sounds crazy, but like others on this thread, I'm desperate to get rid of blepharitis so am trying anything and everything. I hope this thread is still active and I hear from some of you!

  • cathy30490
    cathy30490 s70969

    Posted

    i just tried using organic honey and I didnt have any burning sensation at all. does this mean i used the wrong honey or didnt apply it right?

  • adrienne34694
    adrienne34694 s70969

    Posted

    hi sorry if youve answered this previously but what sort of wet ones? im in the uk and just not sure which you mean? please let me know when you can. Thank you

  • cheryl112001
    cheryl112001 s70969

    Posted

    I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. I last had a flare up SIXTEEN years ago and nothing since. I bought the honey as I work with a screen all day and couldn't cope with the heavy eyes and itchyness and soreness. I have put the honey on twice and my eyes are pretty much back to normal. I can't thank you enough!!!

  • margarethoney
    margarethoney s70969

    Posted

    Hi there did you apply the honey inside of eye lids or rubbed in eyes closed? I was just diagnosed with blepharitis and have dry eye real bad

    Thank you so much!

  • margarethoney
    margarethoney s70969

    Posted

    Hi there did you apply the honey inside of eye lids or rubbed in eyes closed? I was just diagnosed with blepharitis and have dry eye real bad

    Thank you so much!

  • abigail26160
    abigail26160 s70969

    Posted

    Hi, how many times a day did you do the honey?

    Im going to give it a go!

    any specific honey? or just any ?

  • Kitkat03
    Kitkat03 s70969

    Posted

    hello i dont know if there is still people reading this but i just wanna post my experience.

    I have been diagnosed with blepharitis since 1 year( i think i had it since a long time ago) but i always had dry eyes. I tried everything that doctors gave me (eyedrops, gel, hot mask, ..) but it never worked for me, even feel worse sometimes with eyedrops. so i started your natural treatment with standard honey first and did it 2 days before i receive manuka honey.

    i noticed my eyes were more white in general and my inflammation reduce but my dryness was still here and i dont know if its worse or just maybe im more focused on that but my eyes are really felling dry. Then i start yesterday to use manuka honey and its same as standard honey but eyes even more white and inflammation almost disappear but still strong dryness of the eyes. So i will continue with honey because even if my eyes are really dry its still better than inflammation and burning sensation at work. I dont know why eyesdrop dont work for me but maybe this will diseapear with honey after some weeks. So i want to say thanks you for your advices honey in eyes is a life changer

  • sandra44344
    sandra44344 s70969

    Posted

    Hi!

    I was just diagnosed with Demadex, would manuka honey help with that too?

  • lois40483
    lois40483 s70969

    Posted

    Hi, so pleased to read of your success with honey for Bletharitis.

    I will certaily be trying that.

    What was the 'other thing" your Mum gave you to wash the eyes.

  • Shannon80000
    Shannon80000 s70969

    Posted

    hey! i hope you are well where did you get this manuka honey from? i apprecaite it and i look forward to hearing back from yoi xxx

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