I was amazed it worked so well, but I'm a logical thinker and logic
made me think, "If this over production of oil collecting in my eyes
is what's breeding and holding the bacteria that causes the various
irritations, let's just get it out and see what happens". It's been
a life saver. All I do is put the clean, wet wash cloth in the
corner of my eye and use my index finger underneath to slide the
cloth so the skin slightly folds back, revealing the build up. The
wash cloth collects it and I rinse it. The end! The only reason I
mentioned the black wash cloth was because you can see the build up
that's removed crystal clear against the black. I use any wash cloth
now, but started with the black one to ensure I could see if
anything was being removed. It's a simple daily ritual that has
saved me any further doctor appointments and expense.

Scott

--- In rosacea-support@yahoogroups.com, sonomajestic
<sonomajestic@...> wrote:
>
> Scott
>
> I can totally relate to the bouts of conjunctivitis - I have
been going through that for the past year. My derm says it "may" be
ocular rosacea, but will only prescibe 20mg of doxy a day. My
opthamologist keeps varying his opinion on whether it's a staph
infection, viral, or allergies (or a combination) - bottom line, he
doesn't really know. He's prescribed tobradex, vigamox, patanol,
cippro, etc., all of which have helped for short periods of ime. I
have had rosacea for several years so I'm quite sure it's related to
that, even though he doesn't agree.
>
> I'm glad your regimen gave you such great results - forgive me
for saying it sounds too good to be true, and too easy, but it's
great to know something so simple can be the answer. I might feel a
little hesitant to really "dig" into the corner of my eye - I would
almost be afraid that would make things worse.
>
> One question - why a black washcloth? does the color matter?
>
> Mike
>
> Scott <rubellan@...> wrote:
> For the past several years, I have been having fairly regular
bouts
> of conjuntivitus. I originally blamed it on allergies, but it
began
> to happen more frequently and last for a week or so at a time.
Just
> over a year ago I began to have issues with my eyes drying out and
> becoming regularly irritated, THEN I had a poorly administered V-
> Beam treatment with inadequate eye covering which resulted in red,
> flared eyes for about a month.
>
> At this time I decided to go to an eye doctor to hear whatever bad
> news they had for me. She peeked under my eyelids and immediately
> diagnose Blepharitis, ocular rosacea. Great, as if the face wasn't
> bad enough, I now had it in the eyes! She explained how the excess
> oils build up around the eye opening and cause irritation and
> infection, thus indicating the pink eye frequency. She told me the
> basics about keeping the eyes and lashes clean with baby shampoo,
> and seeing how I respond to it.
>
> Here I am, over a year later and virtually cured of this part of
the
> condition. How did I manage it? Well, I altered the original
> suggestion, and took a black wash cloth and dug in the corner of
my
> eye by my nose. As awful as it sounds, I was surprise to see the
> gore that was removed. I did it with the other eye and had the
same
> results. Literally within the next couple of days of doing that
> procedure during the morning shower and in the evening, my eyes
> looked and felt tons better. They were regularly moist and the
> redness was no different than anyone else. I continued the ritual
on
> a daily basis and have had ZERO issues with dry eye again over the
> past year. There have been a few cases in which a bout of pink eye
> starts, which is usually in the morning and after some sort of
> allergy related irritation. I do my eye cleaning procedure and
it's
> GONE within the hour. THAT'S IT! No medications, no more doctor
> visits, no more weeks of looking at the floor so as not to show my
> red, itchy, watery eyes. Just diggin' in the corner of my eyes
with
> a clean, not soapy wash cloth on a daily basis and it's taken care
> of it entirely. Now only if I could find something to work on the
> face...
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