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I just love lid therapy but I was dragged kicking and screaming into having to do it and quite probably having to do it the rest of my life (in one form or another).
Compresses, massages and scrubs. Sometimes it's an elaborate undertaking, sometimes it's as simple as holding my very warm coffee mug against my eyes.
This is my current regimen (with many thanks to my O.D. for giving such a great explanation):
Lid scrubs:
1.Place a very warm, damp washcloth over your eyes and leave it there until it turns lukewarm. Then remove it.
2. Dampen a Q-tip with saline solution and with your finger, gently pull your lower lid down.
3. You will work on the lid rim in three sections beginning first at the nasal side. The next section is mid-lid rim, the last section is the outer lid rim.
4. Rub the Q-tip in a back and forth motion along the lower lid where the lashes meet the lid beginning with the first section (nasal side). He said to rub the Q-tip back and forth for 10-15 seconds applying enough pressure to break loose the dried particles. Pressure is needed or the particles will not break loose. Then move on to the second section for 10-15 seconds and finally the third section for 10-15 seconds.
He said that most people, when doing a lid scrub, rub too gently and the particles don't actually break loose. They need to break loose to clear out the gland openings and let the oil run freer.
I've tried it and so has my son. I have noticed a bit of difference. For my son, the difference has been remarkable. It took a some practice to apply a little more pressure with the Q-tip but is quite easy and controlled considering you are working on a very small area at a time.
Compresses, massages and scrubs. Sometimes it's an elaborate undertaking, sometimes it's as simple as holding my very warm coffee mug against my eyes.
This is my current regimen (with many thanks to my O.D. for giving such a great explanation):
Lid scrubs:
1.Place a very warm, damp washcloth over your eyes and leave it there until it turns lukewarm. Then remove it.
2. Dampen a Q-tip with saline solution and with your finger, gently pull your lower lid down.
3. You will work on the lid rim in three sections beginning first at the nasal side. The next section is mid-lid rim, the last section is the outer lid rim.
4. Rub the Q-tip in a back and forth motion along the lower lid where the lashes meet the lid beginning with the first section (nasal side). He said to rub the Q-tip back and forth for 10-15 seconds applying enough pressure to break loose the dried particles. Pressure is needed or the particles will not break loose. Then move on to the second section for 10-15 seconds and finally the third section for 10-15 seconds.
He said that most people, when doing a lid scrub, rub too gently and the particles don't actually break loose. They need to break loose to clear out the gland openings and let the oil run freer.
I've tried it and so has my son. I have noticed a bit of difference. For my son, the difference has been remarkable. It took a some practice to apply a little more pressure with the Q-tip but is quite easy and controlled considering you are working on a very small area at a time.
I've been told all my life not to pull, pinch or in ANY way stretch the skin around my eyes or eyelids! What am I not understanding with the eye scrub and massage?
! I guess the terms 'gently yet firmly' apply to lid therapy the way I was shown to do it with the q-tip. I don't yank down on my lids, I just gently pull the lower lid away from my eye so I don't graze it with the q-tip.
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