My mum had acute closure glaucoma 3 years back and had laser treatment + an operation for that. But pain keep coming back to her eyes now and then. It feels like a constant looming fear of losing eyesight all the time.

Some eye creams claim to freshen up and re-energize your eyes by improving blood flow around the eyes. l wonder if she applied one of those eye creams under her eyes, would that help maintain *relatively* healthy eyes? After all, glaucoma is caused because of restriction on the fluid flow inside the eye. Or would there be any adverse effects of such a cream?

Please give meother than asking me to consult the doctor - l already know that. Here in the UK, it is damn hard to get the family doctor is appointment in the first place and even if you do, they are sometimes next to useless.

So, would an eye cream (1) help, (2) wo not make any difference or (3) damage her eyes even further?

seeing as how l have glaucoma l do not believe it would do anything to the eyes. the eye creams r meant to make the under eye area look brighter & re energized like so u do not look so tired. they help the circulation under the eye not the eye its self.
there r 2 other options that l can recommend.
an eye drop that is supposed to help control the peasure in the eye. l use one called COSOPT. it keeps my right eye preasure normal.
also l had a surgery on my left eye cuz the eye drop was not helping. they went in & put a tube in my eye so that they fluid could drain out how it is supposed to.

about going to the doctors. obviously to do either of my above choices u would need to see a doctor. & u said it is hard to get into a family doctor & they r almost useless. well ur mom should not be seeing a family doctor in the first place. get her into an ophthalmologist that specializes in glaucoma.
they will be able to actually help her.

hope ur mom feels better l know how painful glaucoma can be.

Angle closure glaucoma is caused when the iris blocks the drainage system of the eye causing an acute rise in the eye pressure. When you have laser surgery ( l assume your mom had laser iridotomy?), a hole is lasered in the iris so this wo not happen again. This all occurs internally within the eye. There is no eye cream that can prevent angle closure.