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How to Get Rid of Styes
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1. Eye Stye Info
Styes are enflamed sebaceous glands (near the base of the eyelashes) and are usually caused by staphylococcus bacteria. They look similar to pimples, but should not be squeezed or pierced as the bacteria inside can spread over the entire eyelid.
2. How to Get Rid of a Stye; Treatments & Remedies
Whenever you are treating a stye, be very careful and resist the urge to pop or squeeze it! Do not rub your eyes because you can easily spread the infection to your other eye - that is unless you want a matching set… 
If your stye does not go away within a week see your doctor about getting antibiotics.
*I repeat: Wash your hands after treatment of any type to avoid spreading the infection
Some common eye-stye treatments and tips
Soften the stye by applying a hot, moist compress several times a day for at lease 10 minutes at a time.- The tannic acid in tea is reported to help cure styes - take a used tea bag that is still warm and apply it to the eye as a warm compress.
- An old folk remedy recommends rinsing the eye with milk. If it works for you, let us know!
- Refrain from wearing eye makeup while the stye is active.
Do not rub your eyes or you risk irritating and spreading the infection.- There are many over-the-counter stye remedies you can try - see your local pharmacist.
- Whatever you choose to do - be very careful when putting unknown chemicals on or in your eyes - if you’re unfamiliar with a remedy then consult your doctor first.
- Have a tip to share? Submit it for the benefit of others using the form at the bottom of this page.
3. Offsite resources
- Styes at Wikipedia
rub a gold ring on it!
put a wedding ring on your eye but it has to be old(old gold)
I HAve a stye i think and i need help its on the inside of my eye and my eye is kinda shut and it hurts really bad!!!!!! ANY HELP WILL HELP AT MY EMAIL littlecar554@yahoo.com I will like some help so it wont get even more hurt help!
I have a stye and one of my friends told me to heat a small bag of rice in some cloth and cover my eye with it a few times a day and it helps it to heal faster
i’ve tried every remedy i’ve seen on this whole page and all it does is get bigger every day, it’s not a stye yet, but the swelling and the look of the pimple thingy gets bigger. i’m pissed at it, because every morning i wake up my eye lid gets closer and closer to shutting… it hurt when i look with that eye, and my eyelid kills.. i wish my damn mom would take me to the doctor but all she says is that she’s working/too busy/or just tells me keep putting hot tea bags on it and it will go away.. help pl0x
okay so i get styes all the time. and one way that gets rid of styes quick is a boiled egg. it also removes swelling. i found this out from my middle school teacher and it works great. I suggests anyone to use it….make sure you peel the shell off the egg first and when your done with it dispose of it right away…dont eat it. [=
this is a nasty way of doing it but my grandmother tells me to but saliva on it in the mornings and it works..nasty? Yes butworth it i guess?!
My infant is 2 and he keeps getting them on both eyes, not at same time. Top and bottom. I thought a mosquito was biting him. After the threat of Hurricanes were passed I took him to the doctor and she gave me an ointment and said warm compress. I remember tea bags worked on sore breasts from breast feeding so I may try that. The ointment works it went down in size by half the first day.
HEEEEEEEEEELP!
i got a stye on my left eye it’s not on the top eye !
and i need help please !!
how can i get rid of it in 3 days ?????????
oh please it’s important , does penny really helps or wht ?
Okay, this is straight from my doctor and will work everytime, it just takes a little longer. Go to Walmart, or where ever your grocery store is and buy the eye lid scrubbers. Wash your eye with the INDIVIDUAL packaged scrubbers twice or three times a day. If you wear contacts, don’t put them in, its better to let it go. While you’re at the grocery store, pick up eye drops, the individually packed ones, yes both of these products are expensive, but they work. You need the individually packed drops and scrubbers as to not transfer anything to another eye or around your eye. Once you are done, throw them both out. Just because there is still drops in the single sterile container doesn’t mean anything, just throw it out. Put about 2-3 drops in your eye 3 times a day.
You can get the scrubbers for about $6.00 but the drops are usually $10.00. I know its expensive, but its safe, very clean, and works. Usually a couple of days, or if you notice one comming on, a day or two. The good thing is about both of these products: the drops you can use anytime, if you have dry eyes, or contacts, they help tremendously. And the scrubbers easily wipe away makeup, so its good to use to clean your makeup off.
Hope it helps!