Yep, I was wanting to see if you had heard anything yet or found out what this is. I go to sleep fine, wake up and my eyelids are swollen, sometimes one, or the other, sometimes both.. Then later they go back to normal. And then they are so extremely itchy... a lot of the time. I wondered about allergies, and that maybe my lotion or make up...

Nothing gets rid of it. Please let me know if you can share anything with me. Everyone thinks I am crazy!!

Good luck and I will share with you also.

Well, I wish I can say that I've found some new information, but no. I did however go to the allergist and I took a skin test, where they test all different kinds of common allergies from pollen to dust and even foods. Nothing! I was allergic to absolutely nothing. I'm becoming concerned again because the weather is warming up and summer is just around the corner. When I went to the dermatologist awhile back he did prescribe to me an ointment which I use everytime this occurs and it works except I'm walking around with oily eyelids all day long. I have to go home and get the name, but I'll def make another post with the name. I don't think its makeup either, because when I went to the dermatologist he told me not to wear eye makeup for 3 weeks or so and I still had the same symptons and because its seasonal it makes sense that it's not makeup. But I think for now the only thing I can say is don't rub your eyes, put vicks or hydrocortisone on it just be careful not to get it in your eye, cause the more you rub the more swollen it gets in the morning.

My mum has this too,or something very similar. She has had red, swollen, flakey skin all around her eyes for the past 2 years. Although there are times where the eyes arn't swollen, they have never really recovered since it first started happening. Doctors just say its allergies because she does have bad hay fever and also allergic to pets. But our animals have been banished from the house for some time time now and she has no contact with them, yet her eyes recently have been the worst i've ever seen them. She misses her old eyelids and would like to understand what is causing this to happen. Please, anyone if you have any suggestions let us know.

I've been suffering from the same thing, my doctor told me its something called blepheritis. Guess it has something to do with a skin disorder. I have been using warm compresses every morning and washing my eye lids with baby shampoo, but my eye still remains the same. They said it would help but I don't see a difference.

There is a very good chance you may be suffering from a delayed food allergy. I experienced the exact same thing, for two or three days consecutively I would wake up in the morning with TERRIBLY swollen eyelids that progressively reduced in size over the course of the day that itched and from time to time would turn pink without me even scratching them. Turns out that at 22 years old, I had developed a wheat allergy for the first time in my life. So, the day after I would eat large amounts or certain types of wheat products my eyelids would swell and itch for about 72 hours, then go back to normal again, then flare up again days later simply based off of what I was eating. A Bloodspot IG food antibody test should be able to help you better pinpoint what your food allergen may be. Eliminating the food affecting you from your diet for 3-6 months will ususally reverse the allergens effect on your body and you will be able to reintroduce the food into your diet at that time.