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What tips can you give someone who has blepharitis or similiar skin dryness?
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Try cocoa butter: For years we used cocoa butter for dry skin and eyelids. For blepharitis use warm compresses, baby shampoo scrubs and massage. Flaxseed oil by mouth is helpful.
Answered 5/20/2014
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