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Swollen eyelids, flaking skin, itchy, red

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lindsay1210
lindsay1210

Long story short I had I  had eyelash extensions for the last six months. A few weeks ago after an eyelash extension fill woke up with completely swollen eyes. I ended up going to urgent care where they prescribed me five days of steroids. I immediately took the eyelashes off and within a few days my eyes cleared up. However the last two days my eyes sudden got swollen again and extremely itchy and red and the skin on my eyelids and corners of my eyes as well as below my eyes are flaking off with skin. My actual eyeball is not red or irritated. Allergy medications do not seem to help and any sort of moisturizer or Vaseline I put around my eyes doesn’t help the flakiness. No idea what this could be caused from but it is very ugly to look at and uncomfortable!

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  • Anonymous111
    Anonymous111 lindsay1210

    Posted

    This sounds like blepharitis. 

    You will need to go and see your GP for antibacterial or steroid eyes drops.

    Tomorrow morning when your practise opens book an urgent care clinic appointment.

     

  • Lotsofpain
    Lotsofpain lindsay1210

    Posted

    That sounds like you need more medication. Are you in the UK round here we go to the designated urgent care eye specialist.  You probably need someone to look at back of your eye again

    It maybe that the steroids did not completely work.  You could buy antibiotic eye drops in any chemist (in UK) which will help  but you probably need more steroids, 5 days is not long.  I have been on them for a couple of months after probs post cateract op

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