| This has been a life long problem for me. To tell the truth, I think I have some damaged capillaries in the whites of the eyes due to having grown up in the house of a heavy smoker. I look at my childhood school photos and see red eyes even then.
There is definitely an allergic aspect to my problem, but I think I just have primary damage due to my mother's smoking as the basic redness. I have had strangers comment, thinking they are funny, saying things like, "You look like you partied hardy!" Can you imagine?! The way I hear that is, "You look like sh*t"
I do see an ophthalmologist yearly, but he has no concern for the function of my eyes. It is just a matter of yucky appearance and discomfort for me. | 
