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My relative has some sticky lashes after almost 4 weeks of using various drops. They've been gently using gauze and sterile water on lids/lashes, which has helped some, but eyelashes are still a bit spiky with gunk--not as bad as before, but still..also looks like a bit of gauze is stuck on one eyelash, isn't really coming off.

What are people using this far out 3-4 weeks) from surgery to clean eyelashes? And when are people starting to use heated eye masks/warm compresses again after surgery ?

My grandfather has single use preservative free vials of post surgery prescription steroids. They contain many more drops than just one use, and he uses them for a max 12 hours,  very careful to wash hands beforehand, not touch dropper to eyelid/lash, etc, and then dispose them. they are kept in the refrigerator. He accidentally used one just now from yesterday, so it had been open for 24 hours.

 He didnt want to flush out his eye, as he's still less than a month post surgery. Unfortunately some (not all) symptoms of infection are similar to symptoms of his healing eye. Any ideas or thoughts about this? He's not sure it's a contact doctor issue at this time. Thanks.