to ask for help with a stye

[weaselwatcher]

I have a stye appear in the last hour that is soooo painful on inside of my eyelid. My eye is swollen! Help me make it better please wise people of mumsnet

[iwantavuvezela]

You can use hot water on a flannel / cotton wool, and use as a compress. That might help you get some relief. Do a couple of times a day.

[Junosmum]

Steam the duck out of it. Had loads. Boiling water in a cup or thermos and hold your eye over the steam for as long as you can ( careful not to burn yourself) your eye can be closed.

[Izzabellasasperella]

Rub it with a gold ring, it really does work.

[Wolfiefan]

I do what Izzabella said.

[TheDevilMadeMeDoIt]

I pull out the hair (eyelash) in the middle with tweezers. Bit of an ouch but then it's gone.

(Probably best left to the sporners )

[silvermantela]

I use a hot teabag on it - sounds a bit mad but has all the advantages of a hot flannel or other compress but stays hotter a lot longer, plus the antitoxins in tea or whatever seem to have a good effect - any styes I've had have always gone much quicker since I started doing it!

[TheTartOfAsgard]

Salt water baths as hot as you can tolerate. Keep warm flannel held to eye for 20mins. Can do this as many times a day as you like. Will bring it to a head and help it drain quicker.

[TheRollingCrone]

What Devil said. But you do have to get the EXACT eyelash that's infected.

[DreamingofItaly]

I've always rubbed a silver ring on a stye and it really does work to relieve it.

[Hassled]

Golden Eye ointment works a treat. Greasy and horrible but it does the job.

[PiranhaBrothers]

Also agree with plucking the eyelash out -and post pictures of the aftermath-

[PiranhaBrothers]

bastard non-working strikethrough

[hollinhurst84]

I had one last week that was insanely sore and actually covering my pupil when I looked to the side. Had enough so I stuck a needle in it, slathered it with golden eye and went to bed. Appears to have gone

[RaeSkywalker]

Golden Eye is the way forward.

[ProcrastinatorGeneral]

Another one who just yoinks the eyelash if it's on the lash line. Lots of heat if it's not so it opens the pores up. The teabag suggestion is a sound one, just make sure it's not too scalding.

[weaselwatcher]

I've tried hot flannel, teabag, it hurts!!!
It's up and under my left eyelid, irritating thing! Will have to hunt out this magic you're all rating if I don't wake up sty free!

[Lovetobeme]

Keep going with the hot flannel. I had one and my eye and face was really swollen. I kept doing hot compresses, mixed with gently massaging the area under my eye (I ran my finger along it with slight pressure) did this and it burst after a whole and quickly returned to normal :)