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Can you use neosporin around the eye; it has become raw from rubbing from pink eye?
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Better not: Neosporin is an effective antibiotic but rather highly allergenic. Most pink eye is due to virus so antibiotics will not help. You can use vaseline or skin cream to ease the raw skin. Keep it clean with cool soaks and don't allow the secretions to dry on the skin. If it lasts more than 5 days or the vision starts to drop, then see your ophthalmologist.
Answered 10/19/2019
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