Replied By Lijana (Dublin) on 07/14/2012
Just wondering did white spots disapPeared for you. I tried garlic today and it totally burned my skin. No difference on fatty deposit though. I will try to do this for2 more days and will see. Would be interested to hear more stories, preferably positive ones:)Replied By D (Dallas, Tx) on 08/25/2012
I use garlic and it works great. It will burn like an acid, dry the skin out, cause swelling, but within a week the xanthomas are cleared enough to cover with makeup. I have to do this about every 6 months.Replied By Thenaturalway (Holmen, Wi, Usa) on 11/30/2012
Yes, using garlic got rid of my xanthoma under my right eye. It took about 12 days at 5 minutes a day. It flaked off hopefully never to return.Replied By Taria (Nauvoo, Illinois) on 12/19/2012
Okay I, going to try this only because having this thing above my eye has turned me into a hermit and I hate leaving my house. I don't look in the mirror and I don't wear make up so I need to try something to get rid of this. Not to mention I was told I had another one that showed up on the other side under my eye. So now I'm desperate! I want to get rid of these without having to opt out for surgery since reading from some of the comments that they just come back anyway. And I'm poor.
No one in my family has these but me so I don't know about the whole 'runs in the family' thing I have read. I'm the only one with them.
I really don't want to be a shut in/hermit the rest of life because of the way I look, I already feel ugly enough as it is and having these makes it 100 times worse.
I am hoping this works and they will be gone. Because just like one of the others have stated, numbing and cutting out myself would be the next step for me. I'm with you on that one sister, I would rather have a scar that would heal smaller (that I can tell anyone who asks that I got into a fight with a cat) then have something that looks like I stuck my face in cottage cheese and it dried on. Can we all say Eww?
Replied By Cindy (Phoenix) on 05/09/2015
The garlic works if you can stand the burning. I've had my cholesterol spots on my eyes for several years. I tried taking GLA to lower my cholesterol, it was recommended on the Dr. Oz show. After taking it for a while, I noticed my eyelids were turning dark. Quit taking it and the color started to come back to normal, but I was left with a spot on each eyelid. Decided to try the garlic, chopped it up and made a paste, put it on the spots 10 minutes at a time, twice a day. Spots are gone. Thank you guys for the tip, you are my heroes.Replied By Cindy (Phoenix) on 05/09/2015
The garlic works if you can stand the burning. I've had my cholesterol spots on my eyes for several years. I tried taking GLA to lower my cholesterol, it was recommended on the Dr. Oz show. After taking it for a while, I noticed my eyelids were turning dark. Quit taking it and the color started to come back to normal, but I was left with a spot on each eyelid. Decided to try the garlic, chopped it up and made a paste, put it on the spots 10 minutes at a time, twice a day. Spots are gone. Thank you guys for the tip, you are my heroes.Replied By Ann (Pa) on 06/01/2023
How do I make a garlic paste?