Sore, puffy, dry, red eyelids... Help needed, as my pharmascist is the definition of useless!

[onix600]

Apologiies in advance for this crazily long post- perhaps if I had forced my pharmacist to read all of this, he might have actually been helpful.....


For the last few weeks I have been suffering from incredibly sensitive eyes/eyelids which are red, dry and sore, similar to sunburn. I initially thought it was because of some cheap make-up remover wipes that I used to take off my mascara. Although I had been using them for a while, they soon started to sting and burn the area around my eyes whenever I used them. The use of any eye make-up other than mascara would result in a stinging sensation, which varied in terms of severity. Moisturiser and even baby-lotion would burn my skin. Since then however, I have been using some Garnier make-up wipes, made for sensitive skin and the problem seemed to get a bit better, although eyeshadow was still strictly off-limits. But then, last Sunday, my eyes had gone back to their previous state, of being very red and sore. I hadn't worn any make-up or used any products on or near my eyes at all on Sunday, so I'm confused as to what caused it to return.

On Monday and Tuesday, several people commented on the state of my eyes, especially the right one, which seemed to be in a worse condition. My eyelids were dry and painful to touch, especially in the corner and it was continuously weeping, until yesterday afternoon when it seemed to heal up to the point where it looked sore, but no longer felt it.

And then today- my awful eyes are worse than ever. While my actual eyes are fine, my eyelids are large,  puffy and as per usual- RED. My left one was expectionally bad, where it was almost hard to keep open. Since the day has gone on, they've somewhat improved, although they remain puffy and red.

One more thing- it may or may not be related but yesterday morning I woke up with a dry, red, sore patch of skin around the left corner of my mouth. When covered up with makeup, it's not so bad, but still notciable and sometimes itchy. I put on some E45 cream today, as I thought this would help, but I think it made it worse as it started stinging and burning almost immediatley. I never had this before, only since the problem has returned to my eyelids. Related, perhaps?

What is going on with my evil, crazy eyes?! I look awful, as I'm very pale and the contrast between my pale face with the random red patch near my mouth and my dry, puffy eyelids makes me resemble something out of a horror film... :( Any ideas of what the problem could be or how to fix it? Or has anyone else suffered similar symptoms? All help would be greatly appreciated. :)

Alex.

[jazzbeaton]

Yhh same am  a 15 year old and recently just yesterday i've been having the same problem and I feel its going to get worse :( i hope its nothing like a Sty and my bottom eye lid will revert back to normal after icing it.

Please inbox me if you can will what your doctor says

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thankx

[suedonna]

Hi,
As for the itching nipples, please see your gynecologist asap.  I am a mammographer, and this could be a sign of a very aggressive form of breast cancer.  You don't want to mess around with symptoms involving your breasts.  Good luck.

[mrw55]

I posted on here two weeks ago and now about 600 posts have been deleted, with mine included.  Makes me wonder.  I'm still suffering from ongoing attacks.  The Mario creme works for me but hasn't cured the flair ups.  I'm thinking virus because I've had a back ache and they say virus's live in the lower back.  I'm still using selsun blue alternating with J baby shmp and the attacks are not nearly as bad as in the beginning.  I've started acupuncture and herbs and will post, if allowed, my results.

[Bondalynn]

I was wondering if your eyes are still doing better. I too had the same problem and just got rid of my memory foam pillows. My eyes look really good after just a few days, totally normal now. My holositic doc said it was environmental toxins. 60+ chimicals in those pillows!

[bubblebob]

I'm another Mario Badescu fan over here and have been using it for exactly 3 days too.

I've had problems with itchy, scaly, wrinkly eyelids now for over a year and a half and finally pinpointed it to an allergy to Cocdmidopropyl Betaine. This was about a month ago and although the soreness, itching and flaking had massively subsided, I was beginning to think the wrinkles, the tiny cuts and the flaking skin would be with me for life.

I'd read about the Mario Badescu cream before, but was put off by all of the rave reviews which seemed too good to be true and a bit like false advertising. However, I ordered the cream from BeautyBay on Friday feeling like a sucker and it arrived on Saturday morning.

By Saturday evening, my eyelids were noticeably better. Sunday they were better still, and on applying in the evening, the top layer of skin where the little cuts had been just came off, revealing perfect skin underneath! Monday morning and you would never know that I had had any problems - my eyelids look completely normal. Time will tell whether I need to keep using the cream to maintain this, or whether I can stop now it's all healed.

If you are suffering from this problem I would urge you to buy this - with something that does seem to work for so many people, it's worth a go!

[sal73]

OMG!  I have been using the Mario Badescu control cream for 3 days now and it's amazing! The flakey skin and itching has gone, they are still a little red but with no discomfort. I really didn't think it would work and I have been proved wrong!  I had a patch of exzema on my neck and that has totally gone.

I would definitely reccomend you try it!

[Dani51]

Can you please tell me what the EXACT name is of this Mario Badescu cream is? I tried to find the Control Cream and nothing comes up for this. Did they quit making it? Or is it listed by a different name? Please help!!!

[JohnHaganMD]

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