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skin under lower lid suddenly puffy and wrinkled fragile and red

by Ro711, Aug 07, 2009 11:30PM
I had been taking an antibiotic, Ciprofloxacin for a week....around day 4 I noticed that the skin under my eyes had become tender, red and slightly swollen.  Then appeared wrinkled and puffy. I am 47 so although I do have some wrinkles .... this looks different ...droopy sort of and puffy at the same time.  Slightly itchy as well.  Do you think this is from the antibiotic? I have been finished with it for 2 days now.  My eye sight is fine.
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by John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, Aug 08, 2009 01:26AM
Yes likely it is the antibiotic. Use warm compresses. Should look normal within 2-4 days.
JCH MD

by susiehorvath, Oct 28, 2009 07:59AM
To: http://www.medhelp.org/personal_pages/user/233488
I have an issue. I moved from ontario to edmonton. Now, as soon as I was driving through the prairies,...i felt like grit in my eyes.  Now i am in edmonton alberta for over a month. My eyes have swollen, my eye lids are red and extremely itchy and i look like an old old lady when i am only 44. The wrinckles that developed and redness under my eyes are unreal. this is depressing me. The doctor gave me cortisone creme....made it worse....i tried ....neem oil...made it worse...what is this?

by John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, Oct 28, 2009 01:31PM
When I was in the US Air Force and stationed in Grand Forks ND we often had people that when they got there they got asthma or other allergic phenomena. It is due to being exposed to allergens that were not present before the person moved

Generally this gets better with time. You might try warm or cool compresses and Zaditor which is over the counter allergy eye drop.

If it persists see an Eye MD ophthalmologist

JCH MD
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