Eyelid Rash - itchy, sore, flakey

i have the exact same thing but without the bump. its been about 3 months and hasnt gone away. i wish i knew what it is

WTF! I got the same thing and can't find anything on it.  The Dr. told me it was allergies but that didnt work.  i'm going back tomorrow to see what else it could be. ;(

OMG ME TOO I have had it for about 2 years now.. My doctor prescribed me hydrocortiosone valerate creame.. it worked for about 2 weeks and came back.. nothing works.. when i apply aveno lotion it will mild the dry-ness but the flakyness comes back! what the heck is it i am scared now! 

I live in the Phx Az area & have the same thing.  It's been going on for about 2 months now & the rash area is slowly increasing.  About 3 years ago my job was threatened to go off to India, but was eventually overlooked last year.  My company laid off 50% of the workforce quadrupling my workload & the stress has become unbelievable.  I think this may have a lot to do with it.  I live a very healthy life style and am very watchful about what I eat as well as what I put on my skin, but the stress is starting to undermine my health.  Thus I am looking for ways to eliminate the stress as well as looking for another way to sustain myself.  I have a drs appt later in the month & am hoping that they can diagnosis it.  Are you under a lot of stress as well?

I hope this helps, but I too have the same condition which lasted for quite a few months until I decided to get it checked up. This condition is known as Blepharitis, it is a fungal infection of the skin surrounding the eye, either upper or lower eyelids, the condition can stay with you for quite sometime but is alleviated by the application of a cream much like what you use on athletes foot called Ketocanazole. However this cream is much much much more dilluted than athletes foot cream DO NOT apply athletes foot cream to your eyelid unless you want to create some real damage. Hope this helps,  you will have to  see a doctor proper diagnosis and for a prescription of Ketocanazole but it's fairly quickly diagnosed so you won't have to wait around for a few weeks sending tissue samples and such, also after you start using the cream you will start clearing up after about 2 weeks and a bottle will last you for years.

I have similar symptoms - first a small rash with papules appeared under my eyebrow on one eye.  It would recede and re-appear around my menstrual cycle (I'm 48 and peri-menopausal). I went to my dermatologist and first he called it orbital dermatitis and gave me cortisone and anti-biotics.  They didn't help. It spread to other areas of my eyes but not along the rims of the eyelids - usually up near the brow or on the upper eyelid.  I went back and he said it was a form of rosacea and gave me a prescription for metro something cream.  I can't find anyone in the universe with rosacea that has these symptoms, so i am questioning the dermatologist.  The last time it appeared (two weeks ago, I developed two pustules - very acne like - one under my brow and one next to my brow near my temple.  Took forever to go away and left a small mark.  NOW I have a rash on my upper back - it's been itching me for a few weeks but I just noticed the rash tonight. 

I started getting small red rashes in my eyebrows, flaking skin in my ears, redness around my nose at 21. I now have a rash on my chin, and always thought i had caught it from my old boyfriend. He told me his father caught it off his mother - even the dog had it. I thought about mange and found out that the demodex mite lives on humans and can cause red bumps/rashes on the nose eyelid, eyebrow, scalp, ears and rest of face. I found a website that sells lotions for this. The condition seems to be well known in china. www.demodexsolutions.com

i had all of those exept for the bump i had got it while i was very young around 7 my mom and dad never got it looked at and being a seven year old i scratched it now im 16 and i have a white spot on the left eye lid. which kinda looks like im wearing make up on one eye lid which kinda pissess me off because ima boy and my parents dident do anything about it. i recomend using dove or aveeno face mosturizer.

Does any here with the flakey eyelids wear contact lenses?  i do, and leave them in, i have associated the flakes with improper contact lens care but dont know if it has anything to do with it. i have had it for a few weeks now.

it's a fungus and colloidal siler purchased at a health food store will cure in a week or less

I was beginning to think I was the only one with this problem!  I have been searching and searching the internet and couldn't find anything, thankfully I found this "group".  I have been reading everyone's problems/solutions... did anyone find a diagnosis or more importantly something that makes this go away?  I noticed through reading everyone's posts that the rash seems to be on the left eye (including mine), very strange!!!  I keep wanting to scratch the crap out of it but if I do it only looks worse.  I am 35 with a left (wrinkled) eye that looks 65!  I can't stand it anymore, did anyone find the answer?????

I have something similar, I have no Idea what it is I hope its not cancer. Mine Is A bump on my left eyelid. It doesn't necessarily hurt but I can feel that it is heavier than when it was normal. I didn't realize it that I had it until about a month or two ago when I was putting on my makeup it looked different than my other eye. It is a hard bump and lately I have been noticing that my eye is getting more sensitive. I don't know if any of yours were like that if you have any information it would be helpful.

Thanks Angie

oh and I don't wear contacts or glasses never have

Thanks angie

I have had a very small patch of what you describe under my right eye, its flakey and burns when I wipe the 'dead' skin away. It started just after I began trialling contact lenses, even though I only wear them occasionally it won't go away.

I thought it was dermatitis but moisturiser doesn't fix it. I hope I can find some of this cream someone mentioned, do you think its under a different name in Australia, what's the main ingredient?

I have this same thing, I was thinking it had to do with the laser treatment I had in my eye, but its similar to the rash i have had on my cheeks for years. it sometimes goes away and then comes back.  it also affects my hairline on my face and now inside my ears.  I thought it was dandruff on my face and used to put dandruff shampoo on my face in the shower. it alleviated it a bit, but just like my dandruf has come back.

I'm considering going to the doc about this, I'll update on any diagnosis

Above my eyebrow area, appears a puffy-ness, acne liked and itches a lot; Have tried a few things prescribed by doctors, but they keep coming back, especially above the right eye. Right where you would knit the brow; it has a swollen appearance.  It comes over like a butterfly wing, but there is No joining above the nose; just from the start above each eyebrows.  Need help urgently.

Hi,

In June 2009, I started using Clean and Clear eye make up remover, I noticed after using that my left eye in the corner of the eyelid started flaking and a little red patch. I stopped using it and started using Vaseline to remove my make up. Thinking it would go away.

However July, August and September of 09 it started getting bigger and the flaker. I went to the derma in September, she suggested stop wearing eye make up for two weeks and started putting hydrocroszone on it for only 1 week. It worked and went away, but it came back a week or two after using the cream. Not sure why. Still need to go to derma again and ask about it.

It might be my shampoo the derma gave me samples to try and I am going to try that next I will let you all know...