Directions for a Warm Soak of the Eyelids:

  • Wash your hands thoroughly.
  • Moisten a clean facecloth with warm water.
  • Ask your child to close their eyes and place the facecloth on their eyelids for about 5 minutes, reheating it as necessary.
  • Repeat 2-3 times daily.

Directions for an Eyelid Scrub:

  • Wash your hands thoroughly.
  • Place a small amount of commercially prepared lid scrub solution such as Navibleph (available at Dischem) onto a cotton ball.

  • Ask your child to close their eyes and use the cotton ball to rub the solution back and forth

  • across the eyelashes and the edge of the closed eyelid.
  • Leave for 60 seconds.
  • Rinse with clean water.

  • This should be performed 2-3 times daily