Tips to Keep Your Eyelids Healthy | Managing Blepharitis and Demodex Mites

What can you do for Blepharitis and Demodex Mites? These things cause eyelid inflammation and on top of that, you've got these Demodex mites living in the hair follicles. For an integrative and holistic approach, I would think about tea tree oil. I'll share how to use this essential oil and some other steps you can take. Enjoy the show. If you want more, sign up for my newsletter at: www.drsamberne.com and if you have questions, you can send them to [email protected]. SUMMARY KEYWORDS eyelids, tea tree, inflammation, eye, mites, condition, tea tree oil, cornea, eyedrops, eyelashes, systemic, talk, boost, zeaxanthin, live, highly, msm, clarity, hydrated, wreaks Hello, everyone, it’s Dr. Sam, I’d like to welcome you to my EyeClarity podcast. This is a show that offers cutting-edge information on how to improve your vision and overall wellness through holistic methods. I so appreciate you spending part of your day with me. If you have questions, you can send them to [email protected]. Now to the latest EyeClarity episode. Hey folks, it's Dr. Sam and I want to welcome you to another EyeClarity podcast. So today I'm going to take a question from a listener who lives in Canada she's been following me for quite a while. She's just been diagnosed with a condition called anterior blepharitis and Demodex mites so this particular condition wreaks havoc on our eyelids and our corneas. You know, and whenever we're talking about Demodex, tiny mites, these live either in the hair follicles of the eyelashes or near the sebaceous glands, these produce the oily part of the tears that cover the cornea. This is highly contagious, it really creates a lot of things like itchiness, redness, inflammation, greediness, and anyway, she wants to know what would be a good thing to use? Well, whenever I think of blepharitis, I'm thinking about eyelid inflammation and on top of that, when you've got these mites, living in the hair follicles, if you want to go more integrative, holistic, I would think about tea tree oil. As an aromatherapist, I feel the tea tree is one of my go-to as an antifungal, antiviral, and even antibacterial agent, and there are products out on the market that either can be in the form of a foam or mist. You can't really put tea tree oil directly on the eyelids or the eyelashes because it's too highly concentrated. So the way that I would do this is I would look for some tea tree oil soap, or maybe some kind of a foaming Tea Tree though they sell those on the market. You can even get tea tree eyelid wipes. So the eyes are closed and you can wipe the eyelids away and you have to do this, I would say maybe three times a day. And then, in addition, I would consider using some hydrating eyedrops like Optique or some Eliassen along with MSM. During the day I like the MSM massage on the eyelids, as well. Some people will use an eyebright tea, compress, this would be a warming compress that you could use for about 10 minutes on the eyes. Again, the combination of keeping your eyes hydrated, reducing inflammation, and using an agent like tea tree would be the way to go on a systemic basis, of course, increasing your fats and oils, your vitamin A especially and then using you know those great antioxidants like bilberry and lutein, zeaxanthin and Astaxanthan that I talk about. These will be very helpful in terms of boosting your you know, your eye circulation and your eye health. And then I would use the end palm home exercise a few times a day. And of course, we're in blue-blocking glasses for all my screen time. So I think if you're really consistent with both the tea tree and the eyedrops, I think that you can get rid of this condition. Remember, with Blepharitis.