Mum of three Gill, 60, is retired and lives in Hampshire with her husband Dave
Gill says;
“As I entered menopause I began to develop dry eyes that began to water a lot to compensate, which ended up in a blocked tear duct that took doctors years to diagnose.
The constant tears and various eye drops and medications prescribed to me for my watering dry eyes then triggered the most agonising onset of menopausal blepharitis around my right eye that ended with swollen eyelids that became really swollen cracked and red, which was far more painful than the dry eyes.
Everything from the doctors for my dry eyes made the blepharitis more furious and nothing would calm it down or get rid of the cracks until I eventually discovered a magical eye gel made from natural plant equivalents to steroids that cleared the cracks and reduced the redness and swelling in a matter of days.
Over the years I’ve been prescribed eye drops for everything from allergies to anti-bacterial drops, but the watering always came back and the blepharitis would be repeatedly triggered and got progressively worse.
The skin around my right eye became really sore, red and cracked. I tried various eye creams for sensitive skin, Vaseline and hypoallergenic make up. I even took antihistamine tablets in case it was being caused by an allergy. I used a heated eye mask followed by anti-bacterial wipes, but they made the skin around my eye flare up even more with symptoms that felt and looked like eczema.
I was so desperate about my sore red eyelids I asked at the pharmacy if I could buy a mild cortisone cream, but they said I could only get that on prescription and that using a steroid cream near the eyes wasn’t generally advisable.
Eventually I went to my optician and asked whether my constant watering eyes could possibly be caused by a blocked tear duct. He said it wasn’t and recommended yet more eye drops, which infuriated the blepharitis even more.
I went to my doctor again and this time she took a swab and there were bacteria present so she prescribed antibacterial cream but after three days of using that the blepharitis was furious and so painful so I decided to stop using any more drops from the doctors.
The itching and soreness made me feel permanently tired and lethargic. I was conscious of people noticing my puffy red eyelids.
I was so fed up with nothing working from the doctors that I decided to take matters into my own hands.
I started searching the internet for something to relieve the blepharitis and that was when I found Hydrosil Dry Eye Gel.
There were many accounts from women with menopausal blepharitis like mine for who nothing from the doctor had worked. They’d all found fast relief using this natural eye gel made with a vine extract that worked in a similar way to cortisone creams but was naturally sourced so not dangerous to use around the eyes.
When I started using eye gel on my eyelids and on the sore red skin around my eyesit immediately felt cool and soothing. It seemed to form a protective film around my eye. The tiny painful cracks in the skin healed within days and the redness and itching subsided. It was such a relief.
I’ve continued to use the gel every night and ever since the soreness and swelling on my eyelids hasn’t flared up again. It seems to protect the skin around the eyes making my eye feel much more comfortable. I use it together with the Hydrosil Dry Eye Concealer and now I can apply a small amount of eye makeup each day which makes me feel much more confident.
Meanwhile in May this year I was at last referred to an ophthalmologist who carried out a saline test that proved that my tear duct was indeed blocked, which I had suspected all along. The only remedy would be a DCR operation (Dacryocystorhinostomy) to create a new drainage pathway. I’m currently on the waiting list to have this operation.”
