If you end up with a bump on your eyelid that's extremely irritating then the chances are good that you have developed a stye in your eye. While styes can irritate your eye and cause you discomfort they are relatively harmless, which is good news for you. More good news is you can generally treat them yourself at home. You can learn what you should do if you get a stye in your eye by reading the information that is provided in this article.
First you want to understand what a stye is so you can avoid them in the future
Sometimes styes can just show up with no real known cause. However, most of the time the culprit is a buildup of dead skin or oil. Also, dirt around your eye can also cause them. You can avoid a stye by keeping your face clean on a daily basis and by making sure you also gently wash your eyelids with the rest of your face. It is also important for you to make sure you remove all of your face makeup before you go to bed for the night. You should also avoid using other people's eye makeup.
Use a warm compress against your eye
Start caring for the stye by making sure you aren't doing more harm than good. The best way for you to do this is to always wash your hands thoroughly before you start to do anything to it. You will also want to wash your hands again after you are done taking care of the stye.
You want to take a very soft cloth and get it wet with warm water. Make sure the water is very warm, but not hot. Set the warm compress on your eye until it cools, rewarm it and put it back in place. You want to do this for about ten minutes. You can also use a warm tea bag in this same fashion if you choose. The warmth can cause a white head to appear on the very tip of the stye which will make it look like a pimple. Keep in mind, it is not a pimple and it should not be popped like one.
Conclusion
If you find that the stye is causing you an excessive amount of irritation or it isn't going down after you have been treating it for a length of time, then the best thing that you can do is to make sure you get in to see the optometrist for an eye exam.
Share9 June 2017
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