HI Scott.. I came to the same conculsion about a month ago. I hate the
baby shampoo thing and rubbing with a Q-tip made my eyelids very sore.
So when I was soaking my eyes, I just did a little more vigorous rubbing
in the inner corner and it really helped. I don't feel like I need to
keep rubbing that inner corner all day now.

I do continue to use Patanol drops now because I am afraid to quit!
<G>....

I have about a million white washcloths and I use about 8 a day....for
washing and drying. I never use them twice and bleach them every time I
wash them.
My dear MIL gave me the idea, because she used them for removing her
makeup so she wouldn't ruin the good ones that matched her towel. I
really like the cheap ones that aren't so thick. Nancy/AZ


On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 00:39:50 -0000 "Scott" <rubellan@...> writes:
> 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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