Treatment info for Blepharitis

Dear Mary,

Looked up some info for you.

I looked up BlephEx and found about 19 locations in the UK. There were 6 between Brighten and London. Leeds had 2 and there was 1 in Nottingham.

A phone number I found listed UK as 0800 -270-0253 for the BlephEx locations.

BlephEx™ works by reducing scurf and bacterial debris, the main causes of inflammatory lid disease –

On-line I looked up Bastyer Center for National Health and it said that tea tree oil (which is used on the little heads of the BlephEx machine) can kill certain staph skin infections.

The only thing is that the BlephEx is for 2-4 times a year and this report showed that it was a 2 week period of use for killing it on the surface of the skin.

If I could not use the hand wipes I would use this and in between use the tea tree oil. It has to be watered down I read too. It may not be able to be used daily either.

The other option I read about was virgin coconut oil. It is said to have antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal properties.

I use coconut oil but I would use it to try to kill the Blepharitis if I was allergic to the hand wipes.

These are several options.

Hope one helps you.

Lynda79

Hi Lynda

Tea tree oil wiipes,,, trade name Cliradex go for $43.00 per 30 on Amazon. One of my doctors was selling them at a bargain price or $41.00. I have used tea tree wipes, diluted tea tree oil (burns if not diluted) and I was my eyes daily with tea tree oil shampoo. Not sure if it helped I guess it has not hurt but the Blepharitis is as fierce as ever. Do you have any idea of the cost of the BlephEX treatment?

Nest

Harry 

Dear Henry,

What I read online was it was between $65.00 to $85.00 per eye. It could be more depending on the doctor. Google BlephEx as quite a lot out there on it.

Lynda79

Thank you Lynda, will do.

Best

Henry

BlephEx sounds so successful and promising.  Has anyone else had this done ??!!!

Not yet but I will be scheduling an appointment as soon as I hear back from  Mt Sinai Hospital

Dear Kathy,

I just went to the doctor and she told me the BlephEx machine was only for the mites. She was quite disappointed she could not find the Blepharitis in my eyes.

Sorry for the bad news but I thought people would like to know the facts as I did not know that about the machine.

Lynda79

 

Sorry, I think I posted to the wrong person!  I was wondering if you diluted the honey for your eyes?  If so, how much water with the honey? Thanks :-)

Hi Henrty

Good luck....glad you are eventually trying the wet ones.....it took me a while to try them.....it seemed too easy to work but it does.

This is a chronic disease ande although you can ease off and not do it asw much once you get on top of it if you find it starting to come back again....bounce on it and go back to the regular rountine {which I dont do now.....I still do it but not as strictly}

Love

Eileen

Hi Eileen  Thank you for the support and info. It is chronic and just when you thing it is easing up, it knocks you down again. There are far, far worse problems than Blepharitis, it is just very annoying and uncomfortable. I have great hopes for the Wet Ones, did my first treatment last night, 8/15-16. How do you keep the wipes moist if you tear them into smaller wipes? I wrapped them in aluminum foil.  I have roseaca too but the doxc (pills) did not work, maybe I should try the ointment? SWomething else, I have seborreah dermatis and I read that that is a big trigger so my dermatologist gave me Desonide Cream 0.05% and Ketoconazole 2% to use on my eyebrows in the hopes it will eliminate dandruff from hitting my eyes. 

HI Eileen

Forgot to menttion that I did Lipoflo...big waste of money. Only 5 docctors have the machine here in NYC and the hopspital I go to said it is a bust.

Again..Thank you.

Best

Harry aka Henry

 

Hi Henry

I do hope the wet ones work for you.....I was very sceptical   at first.

I'm in the UK.....you i think are USA.....have you got the right ones.

Over here its the blue original wet ones but I think that its the red packet over there. See if you can find Lindas post. She's in the USA.

Its a particular ingredient {not just the wet ones} I cant remember the name ...Its 7.3oam here and I had a busy day yesterday so not wakened properly yet

It is an awful illness isnt it......I have artritis, hip replacements, a fracture after one hip replacement back problems etc but  nothing could match how awful the Bleph. made me feel.

As for keeping them dry......I cut them up one lot at a a time, pop them back into the packet, and re seal it and put them in a small plastic bag.....seems to work.....OK as you get to the end they aren't quite as wet but still seem to work.  If the aluminium foil works...great...hadnt thought about that

Keep at it until it eases of thenI didnt do it as much but the minute I felt it coming back I jumped on them LOL and stared doing them faithfully until it disappeared again.  I tend to use the wet ones a couple of times a day now. The rest....drops and ointment when I feel they need it now.

Just found the ingredient

Benzethonium Chloride (US) and Benzalkonium Chloride (UK)

Slightly different spelling. The first one is the one Linda found out about....the second one someone in the UK bought the Wet ones thinking that they were the same with the above slightly different ingredient and it worked so being in the UK  thts the ones I yse,....you try to look for the ones with the first ingredient on it....I think from memory its a red packet over there

Love

Eileen

Good Luck with it 

Thank you I have the red packet of wet ones Lynda said it was 3.0 the packet says 0.3 just want to be sure I have proper strength

Harry- I am headed to Walmart now . I have taken notes of many suggestions .  How long have you had this ??!!

Kathy

Hi Eileen

Thank you for the reply. With due respect, Blepharitis is an extremely annoying disease but yu have battled some real life changers and are holding up well. In this day and age we have phones that are smarter than I am, can blow up the whole world by pushing a button, cure many forms of cancer etc. When one drug company finally figures out that millions of people all over the world have it and there is big bucks to be made then a "cure" will come fast. However by that time the Wet Ones may have been the cure we are all looking for 

Hi Kathy I  have had it since June 2012. Got worse as time went on. LipiFlow looked like the answer but was a waste of $. I started using Desonide& Ketoconazole on my Eyebrows at night to klll off dandruff. Only doing so for 3 days. I have hiigh hopes for the wet ones. Tea Tree Oil is the rage too but it must be diluted or it nurns like hell, used it no good for me. One doctor wanted me to buy Tea Tree wipes for $41.00 a box named Cliradex

Henry,

Just want to make sure that you know I made a mistake. It is .3% Benzethonium Chloride in the hand wipes. I put the Tox report on the other post to you. It does take a few months to kill.

Wish you relief soon.

Lynda79

Thanks Lynda, started it 8/16. gor am emaik from Dr Ryerson gave me listing of doctors in NYC that do BlepEx going to try that too, I did LipoFlo waste of big $ Wet one give me renewed hope. Appreciiate you. Thank yu.

Dear Henry,

I just posted to Mary on this page and it has the info on the BlephEx machine. I find it interesting as to where they attack the problem. Not in the eye as I found out.

It is probably a sign of hope for so many people who have this problem.

If a staphylococcus infection on the eye lashes can be killed then there is an antibiotic that will do it too.

Anyway, hope the info helps you.

Lynda79

Hi Lynda - Thank you  for the continued information. You are truly a God send. If The Wet Ones work for me I will be eternally grateful. Only wish I had spotted this site and thread earlier. About BlephEx...I received 2 emails from Doctor Ryerson, one with list of places that do procedure in NYC and one a thank you email from him to me after I told him my History. Nice man. Presently I am waiting for someone from Mount Sinai Hospital to get back to me, woman said there are 19 doctors on staff and she has to see who does BlephEx. I want to do it in a Hospital as there is a possibility that they may accept my insurance  or they might be more thorough when doing the procedure. When i  had Lipiflo done the doctor was making dry eye the cornerstone of hiis practice and I left him because after the LifoFlo failed and I was $1600 poorer all he did was Tobradex, more Tobradex and then medication to reduce the eye pressure elevated by using too much Tobradex

Dear Henry,

Just went to the eye doctor yesterday and she could not find the Blepharitis.

She told me that they use the BlephEx machine only  on patients with the mites.

I told her about using the wipes on someone (100% of people I read have the mites if over 90) over 90 and the wipes were helping her. I only use them 2 times a week to keep in from getting bad. She has very little now.

She assumed that I used the wipes daily and said was bad. I told her I only used them to kill it and not now.

Hope this info helps.

Lynda79

Hi henryj527,

I bought the jar of Wet Ones.  I take the top off,  slightly pull one wipe out of the center and cut off only what i need.  Then put the lid back on. That way each wipe is wet and not sitting around.  The top comes off really easy.  If you are using the individual wipes I would put it in a baggie after you cut it in pieces.   Foil doesn't seem to be as air tight as a zip loc baggie.   good luck!  The Wipes have helped with the swelling and itching and redness.   My eyes are about 50% less bloodshot.  No more itching.  The only thing I am dealing with right now is one eye tears.  I have only been doing the wipes for about a week so I am hoping with more use it will also go away.