Raised Small Red Bumps around Eyes

[Tammy1998]

My husband has been having skin rashes around his eyes, raised small red bumps, for several months and just won

[Jonnah]

I have had same problem with red bumps around the eye yellow puss for one year.  I would constantly rub my eyes which made it worse.  I recommend cleaning the eye with a warm towel and then applying polysporin for the eye with a Qtip.  Using this method, the symptons vanished after one month, although a noticeable change should be noticed after a few days.

[sfanon]

I wanted to post my own personal experience since I had run across this forum looking for a solution.  For 3 years I have had small red bumps with white puss around my eyes.  Some days would be worse than others.  Initially I went to the dermatologist and the Dr. said it was some kind of contact dermatitis.  She prescribed some creme which helped but it didn't make it go away.  So then I thought it was my makeup and switched my makeup and all my skin care products until I was down to very minimal and organic ingredients.  The bumps still didn't go away.  Then I thought it was the food I was eating, so I tried changing my food.  I cut out dairy and shugar.  I saw some improvements but no consistent results.  And then I was on vacation for one week and noticed my skin got better and realized it could be the water!  So I have been washing my face for 2 weeks with bottled water and have seen a drastic improvement. So far the bumps have stayed away. So after 3 years, I think I found my answer.  Hopefully this helps others out there too.

[goodluck76]

I found this paige when I was looking at the same problem.  Red bumps around my eye area.  The first dr. gave me westcourt cream a strong hydrocotazone.  It worked but always came back.  The next dr. gave me an expensive shingles cream.  It did nothing.  The third dr diagnosed me with a life long skin condition.  I asked her to scrap my rash and look at it under a microscope.  She gladly agreed and used a dull wooden stick  and took a sample.  She said fungi were jumping off the film.  I believe the final diaganosis was tiani incognito.  Or ring worm.  It did not look like the typical ring worm and didn't intch until the shingles cream.  The sample she took and looked at took 30 seconds!!  She gave me an over the counter antifunal cream.  No change until about day 9.  But it is going away now.  I'm thrilled!!  If not for the culture I would have had a lifetime of creams that didn't work.  I hope this can help you!

[Bambulincek]

Hi Ray,

First of all, a huuuuuge congratulations on the birth of your baby girl! I have been following this post for many moths now and I'm so glad to hear you are feeling a lot better.  I too, have been suffering from red bumps around my eyes. To cut long story short, I went on candida diet and the bumps eventually dissapeared. I was bump free for about 8 months. In those 8 months I also gradually went from a very healthy diet to very bad diet of sugar (I just love sweet things!) and junk and guess what - the red bumps have appeared again! In addition to that, I started getting Rosacea on my face (this has been happening for over a year now but got worse in the last month). So, I went back on the very healthy diet and the bumps dissapeared and Rosacea got lot better.  Last weekend I went to a birthday party ans gorged myself on chocolate, pizzas etc and surprise, surprise I now have two red itchy bumps under my eyes. So, back on the diet again...grrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I wanted to ask you Ray, what do you eat??? Are you off sugar completely or do you still eat fruit? What do you eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner? I am tired of non-sugar diet (the kind where I can't even have fruit) as I'm constantly hungry and feel under-nourished! Any tips you could give me would be greatly appreciated! Take care :-)

[Ray666]

Oh.. on the subject of dust mites. There might be something to that. In my house, I did notice that when I removed the synthetic carpet, some of my breathing allergies went away the next day. I used to wake up with horribly congested sinuses. I discovered the carpet was 100% polyester so I ripped it out throughout the top floor of the house. Since then, I can breath again.

I also bought a Dyson DC-25 and installed electro-static washable filters. I have Ionic breeze air cleaners also. I wash the filters once a month and vacuum about once a week. I also have this handy micro fiber mop thing that I found at costco, which does an amazing job picking up dust on the floors.

I still have two rooms downstairs with polyester carpet, but we spend most of our time upstairs. I'm getting ready to install hardwood floors throughout the entire house, which I think will help matters as far as dust, etc.

But yeah, when the house isn't dusty, it seems my body is able to handle things better. If the house gets dusty, then I feel like I'm more allergic to stuff in general.

I live out in the forest also, which means I'm in pollen central also, so that doesn't help much.

Definitely invest in a good quality vacuum and use it at least once a week. The Dyson is amazing and you can find them refrubrished on over stock ******* for pretty cheap. The one I bought looked brand new! Love that thing.. it sounds like a jet engine when you shut it down hehe :)

Ray

[Ray666]

I was just stopping by to see if there were any new posts, etc.

To the question of STD's, yes I did a complete screening using a home test kit. HIV, Hep B/C, all the bacterial stuff, HSV1/2. All negative, except HSV1, which of course is very common and something like 90% of the population has that virus by the age of 25 or 30.

Anyway, mine is basically coffee and/or sugar. I can almost set my clock by it. If I over do espresso or coffee, I will get a few red bumps. However, those usually go away within 24 to 48 hours. If I eat a lot of crap/junk food, same thing.

If I really go crazy, then I get red bumps on my thighs also. However, if I run out of cookies or sweets in the house, then my thighs clear up 100%. Pretty much the same for the skin around my eyes.

Good example: tonight I was dying for something chocolate, so I had two reeses big cups haha. I freaking love those things, but I seem to be super allergic to them for some reason now. I used to eat them like tic tacs, but now I can hardly touch them. Within 20 minutes of eating the first one, my skin broke out on my neck and arms. Even two hours later, I'm still all itchy. I mean really... can't a guy enjoy a freaking Reeses big cup now and then???

These days, I can pretty much get away with 1 shot of espresso every day or two. As long as I don't push it, the espresso doesn't tip me over the edge as far as any major red bumps around my eyes.

So these days, 98% of the time, I'm red bump free. It's only if I buy a box of cookies or eat too much chocolate or go crazy on coffee that I have some bumps show up. If that happens, then I just cut back and they go away within a day or two.

Like I say, I can almost set my watch by how reliable it is now.

One interesting thing I did want to note is this: Milk Thistle. I've noticed that if I take that for a day or two, it seems to help the bumps go away more readily or stay away a little bit more easily. Milk Thistle is supposed to help stimulate liver function and the liver helps detoxify your body. So I have to wonder if there is a link there.

I've also thought about donating blood, just to force my body to reproduce brand new blood. I'm not sure if that will make any difference, but it seems like it might not be a bad idea.

Oh also, I might have mentioned before... Niacin (the flush kind) is helpful in speeding up the healing process. I take 1 gram (i.e. two 500 mg caps) and that seems to help clear up red bumps much, much faster than normal.

Anyway, a couple of people mentioned that their red bumps aren't related to diet. I'm sure there are many reasons people have allergic reactions. However, I still submit that in many cases (maybe most cases) the cause can be traced back to what you are consuming. Try fasting. Try eating healthy and cutting out the junk and sweets and sodas - see if there is any difference.

Good luck!

Ray