I just posted about having a vitrectomy but I also have blepharitis and everytime I try to wear contact lens I see everything double. I have been using this cream every night on my eyelids and I do the hot cotton cloth on my eyes every morning. I don't mind wearing glasses and after vitrectomy hopefully I will only need reading glasses, but I was just wondering if this contact lens double vision will last the rest of my life?

When you have eye infections, you should not wear contact lens.

It could be the combination of the cream and contacts causing the double vision, just my guess. Better to wear glasses.

Blepharitis is difficult to clear, takes months or years. At least it took about 2 years for mine to clear and I do not wear contacts.

Scrubbing eyelids with Johnson Baby Shampoo twice day after hot soaks plus proper medication for the eyes will go a long ways in bringing blepharitis under control. Do not wear eye makeup either. Eye makeup keeps the oil glands clogged and they need to drain.

Do not use the same cotton pad to wash both eyes, use a clean one for each eye to eleminate cross contamination which will keep the infection on going. Do not use the same tissue for both eyes either.

Seeing an ophtamogolist is a good idea.

You must get the blepharitis completely cleared. Then keep doing hot soaks and eyelid scrubs for a long, long time to prevent it from coming back with a vengence.

What happens if I get lazy and don't get rid of it? BTW the double vision with contacts is not because of the cream. I started seeing double with my contacts one day and when I went to the retinal specialist he told me I have blepharitis.

The following may answer your question: Inflamed eyelids can be difficult to treat. Even after blepharitis seems to have been cured, it often recurs, and such recurrences can be highly resistant to treatment. Sometimes treatment for as long as a year is needed to obtain complete relief.

Although recurrences of nonulcerative blepharitis do not threaten vision, they can be uncomfortable and unsightly. Recurrent ulcerative blepharitis, however, may have serious, long-term effects. The infection may cause the eyelashes to fall out and leave permanent scars on the eyelids. Occasionally, it leads to corneal ulceration, which can quickly damage vision.

Are inflamed eyelids dangerous?
Usually, no. But if the infection spreads to the cornea, it may cause painful, potentially damaging ulcers. The bacteria are most likely to spread to the cornea when skin flakes fall into the eye and are not removed promptly, irritating the conjunctiva and cornea. You must treat corneal ulcers promptly to avoid loss of vision.