Itchy and scratchy
Posted by Alli on June 2, 2007
My eyes are itching again, which seems to come with the summer months. I don’t know why summer triggers it, but for the last two years this has been my problem:
It is actually my eyelid that itches, not the eyeball. And I itch in the skin under the eye as well. Both are very sensitive areas and I have actually rubbed my eyes so badly that I stretched out the skin so that I had instant wrinkles. After a few weeks it went back to normal, but it made me look really bad for a while.
In 1999 I was diagnosed with Seborrheic Dermatitis on my scalp. The dermatologist prescribed an anti-dandruff shampoo and steroid lotion. It really cleared it up. But it still flares up every once in a while.
I think the eye thing and the dermatitis are related. I asked my opthamologist about it and he suggested I use baby shampoo to wash my eyes, since it is tear free. It helps a little, but the itchy is probably going to get worse before it gets better. But maybe this summer I will keep my hands out of my eyes more and not stretch out the skin as much.
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