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After nearly 2 years of "the routine" (warm washcloth soak, diluted baby shampoo, q-tip cleaning, eye massage, and more soaking) I finally found out that I wasn't doing a good cleaning. I purchasing a magnifying mirror - did my "routine" looked in the mag. mirror and to my horror - I saw all those white specs between my eye lashes.
Yep I am 54 and for a few years I can not see anything up close - and you know you can't wear your reading glasses and try to clean your eye lashes. Before I used the magnifying mirror to check for those white spots - I thought I was doing such a good job of cleaning - but - no matter what - every 3-4 weeks I would get the dreaded pink eye - which meant I put antibiotic ointment in my eye - 3X a day - which looks so attractive pink and now it looks all oily cuz even using just a small spec of the ointment which travels out on the skin - haven't we all had those days and weeks when you just wanted to hide from the world. Now I know I have to do "the routine in the morning and at night, if I miss one - my glands get more blocked. I don't think I can ever get them totally cleaned without causing damage. but at least it is better.
As I have stated in earlier post - it is amazing what eye doctors don't tell you. None of them ever said "you still have blockages - your cleaning routine is not working - that is why you get so many infections" It's so frustrating - without the internet I would be in-the-dark.
Yep I am 54 and for a few years I can not see anything up close - and you know you can't wear your reading glasses and try to clean your eye lashes. Before I used the magnifying mirror to check for those white spots - I thought I was doing such a good job of cleaning - but - no matter what - every 3-4 weeks I would get the dreaded pink eye - which meant I put antibiotic ointment in my eye - 3X a day - which looks so attractive pink and now it looks all oily cuz even using just a small spec of the ointment which travels out on the skin - haven't we all had those days and weeks when you just wanted to hide from the world. Now I know I have to do "the routine in the morning and at night, if I miss one - my glands get more blocked. I don't think I can ever get them totally cleaned without causing damage. but at least it is better.
As I have stated in earlier post - it is amazing what eye doctors don't tell you. None of them ever said "you still have blockages - your cleaning routine is not working - that is why you get so many infections" It's so frustrating - without the internet I would be in-the-dark.
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