Allergy Eyes

[Guest guest]

I'm about to take my third xolair injection next week. So far I don't

see anything yet. All I've been doing lately is sneezing my brains

out. Anyway, I was curious...does anyone out there have the so

called " allergy eyes " (puffy dark circles that never go away)? Mine

are so bad usually that people think I either don't sleep or I get

drunk every night. None of which is true. Its because of my skin

color that it looks so bad. I've tried covering it up with conceler

but it never works. My allergy doctor thinks that in time the xolair

might clear it up and make it less visible. Has anyone found this to

be true or not? I hate looking like a racoon all the time and people

teasing me that I am stoned. If the xolair doesn't clear it up I

might want to consider surgery to fix it up.

[Guest guest]

Hi Barb,

My eyes sometimes make me crazy too. I wash my eyes with baby shampoo in the

shower everyday. Also, I use the natural tear solutions to wash them out when

they are bothering me. I try not to touch or rub them because that just seems to

make them worse. The eye dr. gave me samoles of prescription allergy eye drops

but that seemed to just make them worse too- so did restasis-(for dry eyes).

take care,

Val

[Guest guest]

Val, yes I try to keep from touching them or rubbing them as it makes

them much worse, even if I try to just touch the lid or lash area.

How do you wash your eyes with baby shampoo. I know it doesn't

produce 'tears', lol. I suppose you close your eyes and put the

lather over the tops of them, cleaning the lid and lashes...???

--- In , Madeska <madeskv@...>

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> Hi Barb,

> My eyes sometimes make me crazy too. I wash my eyes with baby

shampoo in the shower everyday.

[Guest guest]

I use to wash my eyes out with baby shampoo. While I was in cosmetology

school, I learned how strong the baby shampoo was so I stopped. It is

best to buy an eye wash made just for the eyes. Baby shampoo can cause

more harm than good when used constantly. Baby shampoo is one of the

strongest shampoos marketed. It is strong to remove cradle cap and

such. It can lead to more sensitive and dryer eyes. After I stopped

using baby shampoo in my eyes, it took about 2 weeks for my eyes to

return to normal. There is more about the baby shampoo but I don't have

time or energy to go into it all tonight..any one interested can do a

google search.

[Guest guest]

For me, my main problem has been blind spots in my eyes that have developed

when I've been sick which don't

go away. I have been diagnosed with glaucoma, but my IOP varies depending on

my mold exposure level. Sometimes it is normal

without medication. My eyes swell up when I get mold exposure. From this I

have concluded that I need to avoid mold exposure to protect my vision. I've

also tried to look at my eyes as an extension of my brain that requires

aggressive neuroprotection and care to prevent further damage. One of the

main reasons I panic when I get serious mold exposure is because I have a

very vivid reminder in my own memories of losing my sight in little jumps in

the past in the blind spots in my right eye.

I've recently discovered carnosine, but the commercial carnosine eye drops

are very expensive. So I make my own carnosine

eye drops every three or four days using distilled water, saline and very

small amounts of l-carnosine. I make the saline

such that it is slightly less saline than the eye's normal tears in the hope

that the osmotic pressure in the difference will draw the carnosine into the

semipermeable matrix of the eye's proteins.

The inexpensive access to carnosine eye drops has been a godsend to me, but

I caution people against going this route unless they

are confortable with preparing their own sterile opthamalic solutions, using

tiny amounts of clean substances. I have made my own vitamins for years

using precise mesurements, etc. so its not such a big thing for me.

Otherwise, I would buy the commercial n-acetyl-carnosine eye drops which

have recently come down quite a bit in price.

There are also a host of other neuroprotective and antioxidant supplements

which also protect vision. The usual suspects, although some are better than

others.

[Guest guest]

Val, yes I try to keep from touching them or rubbing them as it makes

them much worse, even if I try to just touch the lid or lash area.

How do you wash your eyes with baby shampoo. I know it doesn't

Hi Barb,

I do exactly that - I close my eyes and then wash the lids and lashes with the

baby shampoo- it helps-I rinse them well after-

Val