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Stye

HonnyBrown — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 22:42:05 GMT

I get these when I use mascara. I don't use mascara often because they give me styes. Because I don't use mascara often, I forget why and I end up with a stye.

I got a Zoom mascara from a MAC GWP. The stye is very prominent.

Does anyone have a home remedy that worked? I'm currently doing warm compresses.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 22:45:24 GMT

Use a tea bag (green tea or black tea). Brew yourself a cup of tea to drink and use the bag as a compress. You don't want it real hot. Let it cool down to where it's still warm, but easy to handle. Use a new teabag each time you do this, you can do it a few times a day.

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Katluvr58 — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 22:48:11 GMT

I used warm compresses as well. I get them once in a blue moon and I use the compress plus I lightly run my very clean nail over it lightly. I also use visine to keep the whole area clean.

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HonnyBrown — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 22:49:25 GMT

Thanks JLF!!!!

I learned about the hot tea bag the hard way (huge mosquito bite).

UGH! All of my teas are k-cups. I'll check hubby's stash.

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HonnyBrown — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 22:52:34 GMT

Kat, thank you! At this point, my entire eyelid is swollen.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 23:03:26 GMT

On 8/25/2014 HonnyBrown said:
Thanks JLF!!!!

I learned about the hot tea bag the hard way (huge mosquito bite).

UGH! All of my teas are k-cups. I'll check hubby's stash.

If hubby is on his way home from work, maybe you can catch him in time to have him stop for teabags.

Maybe you can try some Benadryl, in the meantime.

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willdob3 — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 23:07:46 GMT

Colloidal silver (natural, safe antibiotic) on a cotton ball and brushed over the area a couple times a day when I first notice I am getting one always gets rid of them before they completely develop.

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HonnyBrown — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 23:21:33 GMT

JLF, the tea bags are a warm compress, so I'll keep doing that.

I used Benedryl cream (bought it for my waxed brows) and it didn't do anything. My brows weren't red, though!

wild, the stye is already developed.

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snowball — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 00:09:43 GMT

I always used hot boiling water with boric acid. Soaked a cotton ball in it and placed it on my stye, gone in a day or two.

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gubby1 — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 00:16:30 GMT

I have had the best luck with an OTC med called ""stye"". Nips it i the bud right away for me!

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HonnyBrown — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 00:31:35 GMT

Snowball, thank you!

Gubby, I looked at the products on the CVS website. The descriptions say they don't cure the stye but relieve the symptoms?

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SeaGal — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 00:47:41 GMT

My mother did this for us as kids and it really does work. She took her yellow gold wedding ring and swiped it gently over the stye a few times.

I mentioned that here a fews years ago when someone else asked and she came back here and said 'omg that worked, unbelieveable'.

Try it

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FluffyBear — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 01:14:51 GMT

I don't get them, but my husband does. The gold ring thing does work for some odd reason. He rubs his ring on his jeans until the friction makes it warm and then holds it right on it for a few seconds rubbing it back and forth.

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this is my nic — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 01:15:14 GMT

I used to get styes when I was a child; sometimes there would be several at once. My parents weren't ones to run to the Dr. unless I was really sick, so I never had a Dr. treat my eyes. However, I started loving prunes right out of the box and ate them daily. The styes went away!

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HonnyBrown — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 01:30:34 GMT

SeaGal and Fluffy, I will try that! How frequently is it done? I imagine the weight of the ring is what makes it work.

di, I like prunes, so I will give that a try as well.

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SeaGal — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 03:05:34 GMT

HonnyBrown, I just remember her swiping it across the stye one time, swipe it a couple times tho in that one time. lol does that make sense?

I am sorry this happens to you when you wear mascara, that is a real bummer.

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SeaGal — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 03:07:58 GMT

On 8/25/2014 FluffyBear said: I don't get them, but my husband does. The gold ring thing does work for some odd reason. He rubs his ring on his jeans until the friction makes it warm and then holds it right on it for a few seconds rubbing it back and forth.

Wow, so someone else has heard of this too!

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willdob3 — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 03:25:00 GMT

On 8/25/2014 HonnyBrown said:
JLF, the tea bags are a warm compress, so I'll keep doing that.

I used Benedryl cream (bought it for my waxed brows) and it didn't do anything. My brows weren't red, though!

wild, the stye is already developed.

Yes, I understand it is already developed. Colloidal silver can get rid of it at any stage. It is great stuff. Once you know what works, then the next time you think to start to treat it early.

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mustbuyless — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 03:28:09 GMT

On 8/25/2014 snowball said:
I always used hot boiling water with boric acid. Soaked a cotton ball in it and placed it on my stye, gone in a day or two.

I used to get them as a kid and did this exact thing. Always worked. Good luck to you, OP!

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sidsmom — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 03:37:22 GMT

Excellent ideas...I have found if I don't really focus on washing my liner/mascara off, a stye will appear. Don't get me wrong, I take my washcloth & cleanse my eyes....but I have to rub it around my lash line to remove all teaches of makeup, some days.