Yes, aloe vera can help people with eye infection. Actually there are a lot of eye infections can be treated at home just with some simple plants, that's why more and more people prefer using herbs to relieve inflammation and infection. In your case, you get eye infection, so the skin under the eyes can become dry and irritated, as well as the problem of dehydration. While aloe vera can help return moisture back into your skin and it even can heal the skin, fight infection, soothe the infected area, reduce fine wrinkles and heal bruises or burns near the eye area, so just try it.