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Sandy · Kate Spade

What is on my eyelid?

cc · Marc Jacobs

It does sound like a stye. They usually feel kind of uncomfortable and then it hurts whenever you blink. Luckily they go away quickly. I don't think I've ever had one for more than 3 days. You probably don't have anything to worry about unless it lasts for like a week or gets bigger.

ejc423 · Coach

Yep, it's probably a stye. You are probably not imagining the pain, although it's more of a nuisance than anything. If you can't go to the eye doctor for a while, you can put a warm wet washcloth on your eye for about five minutes, three times a day. I used to get them a lot, and that's all the doctor ever told me to do. They go away in about a week. Good luck!

Tati · Chanel

ejc423 wrote:

you can put a warm wet washcloth on your eye for about five minutes, three times a day. I used to get them a lot, and that's all the doctor ever told me to do. They go away in about a week. Good luck!

my doctor told me to boil an egg and then wrap it w/a paper towel, that way the heat stays longer and you dont have to keep getting up to get hot water often. i've only had this once and it hurt me like a MF!

and you can also buy stuff over the counter for it too, i'd put it on at night if you have to wear contacts during the day.

hth!

NCshopper · Hermes

Yup, sounds like a stye. There's an over the counter treatment called Stye that works pretty well. I'd do the hot water or the boiled egg trick and put some of the treatment on, and you should be fine.

I'm not sure if they can spread to the other eye, but you might want to just make sure to wash your hands a lot just in case.

Kel · Coach

I had this over the summer too. I didn't know what it was. I itched my eye and then noticed it was irriated and then i saw the bump. It is so uncomfortable. Mine went away in like 3 days.

Does anyone know why you get them?

flknight24 · Dooney & Bourke

Kel wrote:

I had this over the summer too. I didn't know what it was. I itched my eye and then noticed it was irriated and then i saw the bump. It is so uncomfortable. Mine went away in like 3 days. Does anyone know why you get them?

I've heard you can get them from using "old" make-up but I'm sure there are lots of other ways too.

Stephanie - I had a stye once and my Dad said he used to get them too and my grandmother would boil hot water and then dip a tea bag into the hot water like you're going to make tea but don't soak it for too long and pull the hot tea bag out of the water, squeeze it so most of the water comes out and then put the hot, damp tea bag on your eye for about 15-20 minutes. I tried it and the stye was gone in a few hours. Plus, the warm tea bag feels great on your eye.

Sandy · Kate Spade

Thanks, everyone. I did the water on the wash cloth, boiled egg in paper towel, and tea bag things (throughout the course of the day) and it feels better. The bump went down, but is not gone yet. I leave for NYC for the weekend tomorrow, so I think I'll go to the drug store and get some of that Stye stuff, incase it starts bugging me again.

I was wondering where they came from, too. As far as why I got it... old makeup just might be the culprit . I left my mascara upstairs when I was getting ready one day, and, being the lazy person I am, I used one that must have been sitting in my makeup drawer for 6 months or so. How gross am I ? Live and learn, right?