Keeping on a fly mask 24/7 (Sarcoid)

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My boy has a sarcoid on his eye and he keeps rubing it and making it bleed.. to stop this i've got him a fly mask, without ears and nose. It has solved the problem but was thinking that I cant really keep it on him fovever?
Does anybody have any suggestions or have this trouble with there horse?
Please no horror stories on sarcoids.
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Can't give you any advice on you sarcoid sorry, but I used to keep a fly mask on my horse 24/7 for his Uevitis. If it helps until you can get treatment for the sarcoid it won't hurt.
 
My girly wears one as skin condition is aggrevated by sun - I put a headcollar over top to keep it on. I have two and chnge it every couple of days for hygiene as eye infections are last thing i need on top of everything else!
 
I leave one on 24/7 when its very fly-y. I have 2 as well that are different designs so he's not wearing the same one all the time, which helps prevent rubs.
 
My mare is in one 24/7 in the summer with no problems. I have two different ones (different brand) as I do find that using the same one constantly tends to cause small rubs, by swapping every 3 or 4 days this doesn't happen.

Treatment wise for the sarcoid have you tried the liverpool cream? It's a chemo developed by liverpool uni which is applied by the vet and basically kills the sarcoid cells and the thing drops off - it's work asking about as we found very effective.
 
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