What to do when demodex blepharitis treatment options fail

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Optometry Times

7 жыл бұрын

Scott Schachter, OD, discusses what you should do when demodex blepharitis treatment options fail.

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@spacedivinepeace1928 4 жыл бұрын

Dear Doctor, It would be nice if you slow down when introducing the applicators with different names. Please do not forget not everyone is medical Doctor.

@MCV-xg7kc 2 жыл бұрын

I use my speed control

@soniaflores3233 5 жыл бұрын

I need to see you doctor. Where do you practice?

@mikestevens4303 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Dr Schachter, I'm an optometrist in New Zealand and i have started treating demodex using the Blephex device. What fluid do you find works best?

@kamelbazikh6814 5 ай бұрын

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@tracyecox9300 Жыл бұрын

I have dealt with this issue for 3 years. I am not myself. Everybody make me feel like it is my imagination. I just want to be me. I went to a Dermatologist she didn't help. Can u repeat the medication. You were talking sort of fast. Can u repeat the name of the medicine. I have a severe case and nothing helps especially tea tree oil among topical medications. All my hair has come out. I want to be normal. Please help. It's making me extremely depressed.

@Kevin-tn5rr 2 ай бұрын

Mines real bad it's yellow green crust and it clouds my vision I hate it and the lashes stick to upper and lower lashes in the corner. Led to disfigured eye lid shape non symmetrical now having it for about 15 years.

@francescaokeeffe5666 5 жыл бұрын

Use tea tree oil - 2 drops mixed with a carrier oil such as almond oil. Massage around eyelids and eyebrows for 3 mins or longer if possible. Then wash off properly. Repeat twice daily for month. Then once weekly to keep at bay. Its working so well for my blepharitis.

@coleambrose8160 5 жыл бұрын

What are the product brands you are using for both the tea tree oil and carrier oil?

@francescaokeeffe5666 5 жыл бұрын

@@coleambrose8160 Hi, I'm in Ireland, so use local brand Atlantic aromatics. Go to your health food shop and ask for good quality Tea tree and vit e oil or almond oil for the carrier. Don't buy cheap stuff. Health food shops usually sell good quality products- mine anyway. It has completely stayed away.., so far . Also wash face towels in hot water and pillowcases. Change them regularly, while this is a problem. Any more questions, just ask. By the way, it stings. Keep your eyes closed and don't use more than a couple of drops. It's worth it though. Keep oils off your face they feed on it. Light moisturizer only, until gone.

@cnumnskurma6464 4 жыл бұрын

@@francescaokeeffe5666 I have in scalp and chin please help me

@francescaokeeffe5666 4 жыл бұрын

@@cnumnskurma6464 Hi, I would use around 20 drops of tea tree and add it to your shampoo when you're washing your hair. Leave the shampoo and tea tree mixture on your hair for 20 minutes, so that it can work. Then rinse and condition as usual. For your chin maybe mix 2 drops tea tree oil with almond oil or jojoba oil and massage into skin for a few minutes. Then wash off with a cleanser. Or you could get a good quality natural tea tree shampoo and tea tree face wash from a health food store if you find that easier. I hope this works to relieve the redness and itching.

@shawnm3288 4 ай бұрын

Diatomaceous earth, I put it in my face before I go to sleep , ivermectin works but ideally just give up sugar easier said then done , turpentine on a q tip works wonders too

@carterfelderva 6 жыл бұрын

I have demodex on my forehead, nose, cheeks, chin and around my mustache area. I have been rubbing a 50/50 tea tree oil/macademia nut solution into my face 2 times a day, as well as letting tea tree oil-based soap soak into my skin for a few minutes in the shower. It doesn't seem to be getting much better, but every time I do a face wash the demodex/red areas get really dry. The dryness I suppose is a good sign, but I still do not see it going away. I have been doing this for over a month.

@deefazhion 6 жыл бұрын

BLESS YOU IN Christ Jesus name!. add a low dose of baking soda to change your Ph. and salt baths to. even Epsomsalt too. no fast food or sugar. use bee honey. wash your bedding and clothing using salt. hang in there!.

@MrApplewine 7 жыл бұрын

One year seems like way too long. Why not prescribe 1% ivermectin cream which they apply every night for a month? Especially since flagyl can cause permanent tendon damage and systemic drugs should be avoided when local application works.