| Both anterior blepharitis and posterior blepharitis | | | | daily. You can just dampen a clean washcloth with |
| are forms of eyelid inflammation, particularly at | | | | warm water and put it on your closed eyes. |
| the lid margins. These two types of blepharitis | | | | After warming up your eyes with compress, you |
| bring symptoms such as eye irritation, burning, | | | | should cleanse eyelids with cool washcloth and |
| tearing crusty debris, dryness and red eyelid | | | | cotton swab several times each day. |
| margins. There are still more severe | | | | There are other treatments: antibiotic treatment |
| consequences: eyelash loss, ectropion, dilated and | | | | for special blepharitis, eyelid massaging for gland |
| visible capillaries and potential cornea erosion. | | | | dysfunction and flaxseed oil supplements for |
| However, the two types affect different areas of | | | | meibomian seborrheic blepharitis. |
| eyelid and have different reasons. While the | | | | If dryness is aroused by blepharitis, eye drops, |
| outside front of the eyelid is associated with | | | | artificial tears, lubricating ointments, silicone |
| anterior blepharitis, posterior blepharitis affects the | | | | punctual plugs, and steroids can offer effective |
| inner eyelid. While anterior blepharitis is always | | | | help under your doctor’s instruction. |
| caused by scalp dandruff and bacteria, posterior | | | | Blepharitis also affects your contact lenses |
| blepharitis results from skin disorders. | | | | selection. Under particular circumstances, you will |
| Blepharitis is likely to recur and tends to be | | | | be suggested to stop wearing contacts for a |
| chronic, so that its treatment requires more | | | | certain period. Even if you are allowed to wear |
| patience and skills. The most common treatments | | | | contacts, you’d better to choose RGPs, |
| include compress applying, cleansing, eyelids | | | | because of they are more resistant to deposits. |
| massaging etc… Before cleansing your eyelids, | | | | Makeup can never be applied to blepharitis eyelids, |
| you can use warm compress to loosen and warm | | | | while sometime anti-dandruff shampoo is needed |
| up the eyes’ crusts. This process always | | | | for scalp and eyebrows. |
| takes five minutes every time and four times | | | | |