what do i do if i have a stye in my eyelid?

Answer 1

Take a warm wet cloth and keep it on the eye for a while.

Answer 2

Most styes will drain on their own though this may be accelerated with a hot or warm compress. Styes typically resolve within 1 week with treatment. [2]

Medical professionals will sometimes puncture a particularly persistent or irritating stye with a needle, to accelerate its draining. Their spread or expansion can also be fought with the use of antibiotic ointment akin to Neosporin (e.g. Erythromycin Ophthalmic Ointment), a special version being available for styes, which can be applied in a ribbon along the lid, on either inside or out.

Various folk remedies call for holding a metal or wooden spoon against the stye [3][4] or the rubbing of a gold ring on the stye[5].
hope this helps!

Answer 3

Do not wear eye makeup or contact lenses until the stye or chalazion heals.
Apply warm, wet compresses. Warm, wet compresses applied 3 to 6 times a day usually help styes and chalazia heal faster. A warm compress may also help open a blocked pore so that it can drain and begin to heal. Wash your hands before applying a compress. Use a clean cloth or piece of gauze moistened with warm tap water. Do not use hot water or heat a wet cloth in a microwave oven—the compress may become too hot and can burn the eyelid. Place the compress over your closed eye until it begins to cool (usually 5 to 10 minutes). To speed the healing process, you may also use normal saline solution or rosewater instead of tap water.
Allow the stye or chalazion to break open by itself. Do not squeeze or open a stye or chalazion.
Use nonprescription treatments. Make sure that any medication you buy without a prescription is for the eyes (ophthalmic), not for the ears (otic). Nonprescription treatments available to relieve the discomfort of styes include:
Ointments, such as Stye.
Solutions, such as Bausch and Lomb Eye Wash and Collyrium Eye Wash.
Medicated pads, such as Ocusoft Lid Scrub and Stygiene.

Best of luck - stye's suck!!

Answer 4

Warm compresses applied to your closed eye throughout the day should help. Don't try to pick at it. If it gets worse, or you develop more styes, you need to see a doc to get topical antibiotics and possibly oral antibiotics. In most cases a stye goes away all on its own, but it sure is an annoying pain.

Answer 5

Yep I used to get those on my left eye. What I did was apply a warm towel to help drain the pus for about 10 minutes. Do not scratch the infected eye. I should clear up within 2 weeks.

Answer 6

place a piece of bacon fat on your eye before you go to bed you can tape it in place with paper tape the fat will draw out the stye over night