Persistant Styes & Blepharitis - anyone used Manuka Honey

I would be very careful about putting anything on your precious eyes unless recommended by a doctor.

I don't know about manuka honey seacliff but it might be worth going back to your doctor.
I had blepharitis for years which magically cleared up when I had a detached retina.
I put it down to the antibiotic drops I was given to use in the hospital - a combined antibiotic and steroid I think, and definitely different from the chloramphenicol that is the antibiotic that is usually prescribed and which you can buy over the counter.
The other things I use are Simple Brand eye-make-up remover which feels very soothing, and Optimist spray which you spray over closed eyelids, which seems to help sore eyes.
I've never had a recurrence of full-blown blepharitis which is a horrible thing to have. Like you, on the doctor's advice I bathed my eyes with baby shampoo day in day out, and it was useless.
I hope you manage to sort it out.

Have you tried Blephagel? That plus eye drops works for me.

A very mild warm saline solution helps .

I d try the Manuka honey it’s got lots of potential I read hundreds of years ago about it being used I think it was leg ulcers (well not hundreds of years)
Take care to not get it in your eye but rub along the edge like we used to with golden eye ointment which I don’t think you can buy any more but I remember as a young teen going through a stye period and using that golden eye ointment to good effect

I've used manuka honey for thin skin that split on my calf and it worked a treat where other more traditional methods didn't help at all.

I'm not sure about eyes though.

DH has mild blepharitis, and the doctor told him to rub undiluted baby shampoo, he uses Johnson's, on his eyes each morning. This seems to be clearing it up.

Sorry! Forgot the original post about shampoo! It does seem to work for him, though.

I went to the optician's this morning and noticed a leaflet about this procedure.
It was described as being like a dental hygienist but for eyes - removing the build up of bacteria, which makes sense.
www.blephexlids.co.uk/

Real Manuka honey is very hard to come by, as lots of honey sold as Manuka may contain only a miniscule amount.

Incidentally, many years ago an old lady who lived near us had a varicose ulcer, and got ‘ raw’ honey from a local beekeeper. The ulcer cleared up in days.

My younger son has had blepharitis most of his life. The most relief he got was from boracic acid crystals tecommended by our GP years ago. I just dissolved a teaspoon in warm boiled water and bathed his eyes using cotton wool. It is more difficult to get now but some chemists have it and so does Amazon. After bathing them I would put Vaseline on his eyelids so that if he did rub his eyes it wouldn’t drag the skin so much and make them sore.

You can also get the eyelid wipes but they are expensive to use twice a day.

In my childhood Golden Eye ointment would clear up a stye very quickly. I think you can get it from some chemists if you ask.

I never heard of Monika honey as a remedy for blepharitis although an elderly aunt in Canada swears by it as remedy for everything.

If you're still having issues I stumbled upon a noticeable cure 'Canesten, the generic is Clotrimazole'. Although I'm from New Zealand, I never tried Manuka honey, however that is known for it's healing properties.

Years ago I made a post which has helped a tonne of people.

www.mdjunction.com/forums/blepharitis-discussions/introductions-personal-stories/10255961-what-cured-my-blepharitis