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I have had improvements in the last 8 months with my various treatments (adjustment of hormones, sodium hyaluronate drops, restasis, lipiflow treatment). I am not bothered my dry eye, or very little. I can stare at a computer screen all day.
My main problem all along was very severe posterior blepharitis, which make it very difficult to look upward or around due to the friction on my inner posterior eyelids. I can't look at TV, play video games, or drive at all because it is too painful. I can watch videos on a small window on my small laptop screen. I have been able to stare at it more and more without looking away and to make the window larger and larger. I have had slow and gradual improvements in this regard.
In the beginning I didn't want to use a heating mask because I thought it would only make this crippling inflammation worse. In last December I decided to finally give it a try, and did so for four months straight. I felt great relief every time, and overall I thought it helped my eyelids improve slightly faster than before.
However now four months later I'm not so sure anymore. I'm worried of making the inflammation worse again.
I tried putting icepacks on my eyelids for 30 seconds a few times every day, and it seems to give me a bit of relief, but my problem is that it makes my eyelids even more stiff than they usually are and it is more difficult and painful to look around. Per comparison using warm compresses make me feel much better. I do it at night and in the morning I don't really feel irritated and feel better, more lubricated and probably less inflamed.
So I don't know what to think anymore and how best to hasten my recovery.
As far as putting chemicals in my eyes or on my lids, I found that save for Restasis and a few sodium hyaluronate drops, all else makes the inflammation of the inner eyelids much worse.
In general in the last few months I felt pretty good, but now that we're April and the temperature overs below and over 0 degrees constantly over night and day, my lids are very uncomfortable.
My main problem all along was very severe posterior blepharitis, which make it very difficult to look upward or around due to the friction on my inner posterior eyelids. I can't look at TV, play video games, or drive at all because it is too painful. I can watch videos on a small window on my small laptop screen. I have been able to stare at it more and more without looking away and to make the window larger and larger. I have had slow and gradual improvements in this regard.
In the beginning I didn't want to use a heating mask because I thought it would only make this crippling inflammation worse. In last December I decided to finally give it a try, and did so for four months straight. I felt great relief every time, and overall I thought it helped my eyelids improve slightly faster than before.
However now four months later I'm not so sure anymore. I'm worried of making the inflammation worse again.
I tried putting icepacks on my eyelids for 30 seconds a few times every day, and it seems to give me a bit of relief, but my problem is that it makes my eyelids even more stiff than they usually are and it is more difficult and painful to look around. Per comparison using warm compresses make me feel much better. I do it at night and in the morning I don't really feel irritated and feel better, more lubricated and probably less inflamed.
So I don't know what to think anymore and how best to hasten my recovery.
As far as putting chemicals in my eyes or on my lids, I found that save for Restasis and a few sodium hyaluronate drops, all else makes the inflammation of the inner eyelids much worse.
In general in the last few months I felt pretty good, but now that we're April and the temperature overs below and over 0 degrees constantly over night and day, my lids are very uncomfortable.
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