Swollen and puffy eyelids in the morning and then get flaky, red and sore during the day...

I utterly recommend Elocon (Monetasone Furoate) by Schering-Plough, my doctor wrote a prescription for this product for me and it has completely cured my itchy, swollen red eye lids. I can now wear my make-up again and use any type of facial wipes to remove my eye make-up.

I had a dry patch between my eyes and dryness just below one of my eyebrows. I stopped using Laura Mercier's primer, (although I'm not sure that was the culprit). I used pure vitamin E facial oil from Body shop and it worked for me. It is not too oily or sticky and absorbs immediately. I use about 6 drops on my entire face. HobaCare (100 %Jojoba oil) from the Jojoba Company. http://www.jojobacompany.com/
The oil is excellent, not greasy, smells great and absorbs well and can be used everywear. I have started to mix it with regular lotion and use it on my body and had no problems with dry skin. Can be used on the face, body and hair. As soon as I'm finished with all the outrageously expensive face/eye/neck creams, I'm going to stick to Jojoba Oil and Body shop Vitamin E oil.

Hope it works for everyone. Good Luck

Hiya, I suffered from the same eye lid problem, went to the chemist and tried many products. Went to my own doctor a month ago and she wrote me a prescription for a cream named Elocon (monetasone furoate) it has worked for me, I can now clean my eyes with any type of face wipes or creams and I can wear all my eye make up again. Best of luck.

wow..I cant believe I'm not the only one experiencing this..My eyelids have all those simptoms mentioned plus It feel like they are heavy and feel tired and itcy all the time...do you think stress has something to do with it too....?

hi there... do try to get to see a TCM... (traditional Chinese Medicine) practitioner or an acupuncturist... and see what they have to offer you for herbs and a treatment/check... i had two treatments with two rounds of herbs and it stopped it eventually.... i found out that my liver was weak - apparently, when on'es liver is weak, it can show up around the eyes like this.......... weaver (((o)))

Hi there
I have had red, dry, puffy, watery eyes for almost a year now. It cleared up for a while (and I can't pinpoint why) and for the last month has been driving me absolutely crazy. Sometimes my eyes are so sore I can't look at anything, I just have to shut them. I often can't sleep because my eyes are burning so much. I am already gluten and dairy and meat free, my diet is fruit, veges, rice/pulses and fish/seafood. I have tried cortisone, cetaphil, Avene, I wear no makeup.... I am going crazy because my eyes are SO sore and I have no idea where to begin. Anti histamine eye drops work vaguely, so do moisurising eye drops but only for inside my eyes, the skin is still crazy sore. Any suggestions???

Diane,
Thank you so much for responding. I'm touched, as anytime I have really needed help with a solution/condition, it is a complete stranger that comes to my aid. I'm still suffering from having to deal with a computer virus, and many hair pulling hours spent on the phone with Norton/Verizon/Dell, with each one blaming the other.

My mother was diagonsed with Celiac disease about 4 years ago. Wheat bread is a staple part of the diet in the area that I grew up in, and on an average is consumed atleast 3 times a day. She was unable to retain any food, and had diarrhea for 8 months, lost an incredible amount of weight, had been to innumerable Doctors, and in the last Doctor she went to was able to pinpoint her problem. She has an intolerance to gluten, every now and then she will eat something that has gluten in it, and it does not bother her. Although, I have now heard of three other cases, just within 2 miles of where she lives. It seems to be far more common. I sometimes think, it may be some of the chemicals that may be used. As per some of the websites that I read, stated that people from the Northern Parts of India, Pakistant, Iran, Turkey, etc right up to the West Coast of Ireland, were more prone to it. Interesting enough, genetically, this valids some of the theories of migration of gypsies from India to Europe and Europeon invaders to Northern India. I fortunately am not overly fond of bread, so I think I will be safe.

With allergies, I know a couple of allergies that I have, but with all the generic products for prescription medicine, it is really hard to find out. I have mild allergies to apple, walnut, avocado etc. Someone had suggested that mica may be the culprit, so I am going to try and test that.

I have always been very careful with cleaners and face creams, because of sensitive skin. Since eye basics was more a beauty product, I have not really tried any other along the same lines. I sampled Shisheido and seemed to have no problem with it, but am not going to buy it, just in the event. In my attempt to simplify my life, I seemed to have made it more complicated. I started out, wanted just two creams, a day and a night, instead of day, night, neck, eye, hand, foot et al.. I did however, find Jojoba Oil, which is excellent. I now mix this with my body lotion and also use it on my hair and face and this is the first winter, that I have not complained of dry skin.

Thank you once again

This is an excellent website. I was curious to know, if anyone else has had an allergic reaction to Laura Mercier's eye basics. A couple of months ago, I tried the eye basics and I noticed that after a couple of days the skin directly below my eyebrows on one side was scaly, red and a bit sensitive. I stopped using it, but was not sure, as I had also just started using Make up forever Primer. However, I started to use it again, along with the Laura Mercier primer. Now, the skin below one eyebrow has the same sypmtons.
I'm sure all the girls at Laura Mercier counters in Dept. stores will deny that it is one of their products. Yesterday, I met a make up consultant at Shisheido, who works for a few companies, and used to work for L. Mercier, who also said, that she experienced the same problems. She recommended an eye base from a completely different company. I'm sure that the Laura Mericier primer is not the culprit, as my cheeks and forehead are clear.

FYI: I have very sensitive skin, glycolic peels, salicylic acid etc., do not suit me at all. I had a reaction to Clinique's toner for sensitive skin.

I'm also a bit curious about Gluten allergies. My mother grew up eating wheat, infact her father and brothers etc. were/are wheat farmers, a couple of years ago, she was very sick, and after innumerable visits and tests to different Doctors on different continents, she was diagonosed with Gluten allergy. Is this allergy genetic? Why did it not bother her for the first 65 years of her life? Is it something, I should be careful of?

Any feed back would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance.