I need success stories please!

I think the cause and triggars of the dreaded Bleph are very much an individual thing. I know what triggered mine, for others it could be down to bad allergies , in particular at certain times of year. In my case , not only did my eyes become severely dry but every damn gland in my body and when I attended a Naturopath it was one of the first things she identified when she rigged me up to her detector. Before I ever encountered eye probs I could never take anti-histamines because they would give dry me up something fierce, I wont bore ye with the details ! but I think for us all air with caution when tryn the different things. Im delighted to hear something as simple as an anti-histamine tab worked for one person but as I say that would certainly add to my woes...Im still on doxy day 10 so I will keep all posted if they do make a difference. Thanks for all the info from everyone on here, please keep posting...

well we are same age group so....mine started following accident with hair dye but consultant is very adamant that its hormonal and the hair dye incident either played a minimal or a coincidental role in the situation. The consultant in question would be rated as the Top man in this country ....A freind of mine reminded me of the fact that Id bad acne as a teenager and at the time it was all hormone related and also of other hormonal issues Ive had even before the Perrimenopause , I suppose Menop. like anything else is an individual experience...I dont know of any of my peers who have encountered this problem though...Do keep in touch...

I'm a bit mystified as to why my replies about cetrazine, and blephagel, which worked absolute miracles for my blepharitis are being completely ignored by you Gavinium as some days up to three on the trot the condition is so dormant I do not even need the gel, have you No response?

I'm opting out of posting on this thread as my very sound I feel advice on cetrazine is either being sullied or ignored.

I felt the same way two mo ths ago and have been reading

Everything I can find online ever since. Today, for the first time

I feel almost normal though I am not sure to what exactly I should

attribute this change.

So, I will tell you what I've been doing for the last few weeks.I

started to use Azasite two weeks ago. This is prescribed as an

eye drop but my opthalmologist told me to rub a drop along my

eyelids with eyes closed after svrubbing and using warm

compress in the mornings and again at night. I did this three

times a day the first ten days or so, twice a day for the last two

days.

I bought a bought a Dry Eye Moist Heat Compress and have

used it twice a day for two days. I ought Prim Rose Oil caps

and have been taking two a day, along with one each

flaxseed Oil and Omega3, after I read about hormone imbalance

and bleph. Ive only been taking them for ten days or so, so I'm

not sure how much of a difference it's made.

I scrub my lids top and bottom with a Qtip soaked in a

warm quarter cup of water with two drops of tea tree oil after

applying the heated eye mask or warm wetcompresses.

I leave it on, though some wash their eyes after ten minutes

with lots of tepid water. I also soak a cotton ball in this solution,

Squeeze out exss and wipe around the perimiter of my eyes and

my eyebrows. This to kill demodex mites, which we all have but

Bleph sufferers often have ten times as . Many.

In the beginni g I used Refresh or Systane eye drops constantly

trying to get relief from the gritty, burning, even painful sensations.

Its only been two months but feels like six.

Another important step I took was to buy a face wash wit 2%

Salicylic acid to wSh my fave morning and night. Again, I read

it kills the mites. I also use an antibacterial soap in the shower

every morning as I've read the mites travel all over your body

at night. It sounds disgusting, I know, but there's no getting

around it...our bodies are increasingly fertile ground for these

creaatures as we age. You are 50, I'm 67, so maybe its hit me

even harder.I'm suddenly scratching like never before, my head,

my neck, even my eyebrows. I know its psychosomatic , but

I cant seem to help myself.

MOST IMPORTANT thing I've done this week is starting to

use a dandruff shampoo. I bought two...one with tar as the

active ingredient, one with salicylic acid as the active ingredient.

I combine a bit of each onto my hair, s rub my scalp and allow

the foam to wash o er and lay on my closed eyes and eyebrows

for a couple minutes before rinsing. Again, I read about tar being

an important factor in eradicating excess demodex. I'm leaning

towards the shampoo combo as making tbe difference in

how much better I'm feeling, inuding using eye drops hardly at

all the last two days. ALSO,chane your pillow cases every day

and wash your bedding often. Add ten drops of tea tree oil in your

liquid detergent before pouring it into the machine.

I hope some of this helps. Keep reading, keep clean. Keep trying

to get a handle on this.