Can putting a hot compress on a chalazion make the chalazion bigger?

Question

I have a chalazion on the top lid of both eyes and every eye doctor i've asked has said to simply put a hot compress on it. But I've done it, and instead of shrinking, it gets bigger! is this supposed to happen?? Is my only other option draining it/getting surgery to remove it?

anyone whose had any sort of chalazion in their eye and has had this type of experience who could offer advice would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I have the same thing. The hot compress really has not done much of anything to help it. However, I do not thik that it was aggrivating it.

However, I have stopped using contacts. (My doctor did not suggest this. I stopped on my own accord due to the fact that the lumps made the contacts uncomfortable.) In the past month without contacts, one of the two lumps went away. The second lump is not going away, and I am considering surgery for it. (I do not want the surgery, but I want it to go away.)

Good luck.

Answer 2

Chalazion Getting Bigger

Answer 3

Yes hot compresses can make it get bigger and redder because the heat swells things...what it does though is open up the clogged pores so it can drain..you need to get baby shampoo and scrub eyelids 2 x day...try to do the compresses 3 x day..really warm...these things can hang around for months off and on..Antibotics are not going to help.