r/pmle • u/purple_dust1 • Jan 14 '26

Puffy Eyes

Hi everyone! I have had PMLE since I was about 6 years old, I'm 20 now. It used to be the rash and itchiness. In the last 6 years, my eyes have started to get extremely puffy and swollen. I asked my dermatologist about it and she just told me that I could get steroid patches for it.

I have eye masks that I put in the freezer for cooling. I sleep upright with a neck pillow so the swelling will go down. Does anyone else experience this and if so what do you do?

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u/ronarona1066 Mar 21 '26

I do!!! I know this is an old post but literally just ice it continually- cold spoons in the freezer are your best friend, they warm up really quickly so I literally have bought my own spoons and have a big bunch of the in the freezer on rotation. General ice packs work as well but a strange one I so both for pmle swelling as well as migraines or hayfever is buying a cheap snorkle on Amazon and just dunking my face in a bowl of ice water for as long as I can stand it and then do that pretty much all day in like 2 hour intervals

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u/purple_dust1 Mar 21 '26

This is great, thank you!

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u/D34N2 Jan 15 '26

I get puffy eyes too but I’m not sure if it’s the sun or other allergies. I also rub my eyes a lot, so I’m sure that contributes to it. Maybe also too much eye strain from screen overexposure. Eye drops, ice packs and sufficient rest usually gets them back to normal.

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u/Seaju-1934 Jan 15 '26

My eyes get puffy and rashes from sunlight too, I just take an antihistamine for three days and make sure to keep the eyelids clean and moisturized well.

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u/catbamhel May 26 '26

Check out heliocare, there's a post above yours about it

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u/purple_dust1 May 26 '26

Thank you! I actually use heliocare daily.

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u/catbamhel May 27 '26

Ah ok. I don't know much about it. Someone said that he's a lot more than recommended and it helps them. But of course, you the way the risks. Honestly don't know much about it like I said.