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Scratched inner lower eyelid with my fingernail. any treatment i should use? it's not very large or bleeding, just a bit red.
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Eyelid Scratch: for a minor scratch like this I would do nothing except watchful waiting. If the pain increases, you start having drainage or visual changes then I would go see my doctor. This should heal quickly on its own.
Answered 4/15/2018
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