Can anyone tell me what this thing on my eye is?

[Jux]

That white thing on the edge of my eyelid? It's really sore.

Forgot the pic!

You can scrape it off with your fingernail. I get them when I'm tired. Have no clue what they're called but they're bloody annoying.

It didn't come out! How weird.

Third time lucky...

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Looks like a stye to me - something caught and irritating your eye lid. I've had it a couple of times - both after grooming my dog.,. Grim but they eventually popped with a teensy bit of pus and that was it really!

Really? Just scrape it off? I'll give it a go when I go to bed. Thanks.

They are bloody annoying!!

Yes they rub off your eyeball and it's maddening. Can be hard to get at with your nail as well.

My DH had this and the optician said to hold a hot wet flannel over it for a few mins and then massage, do this a few times a day and hopefully within a week it should pop. I think his popped the second time, but it had been there a few days before he had this advice. Don't know about just trying to scratch it off... probably would be more painful and risk getting bacteria inside.

Looks like - Meibomian gland dysfunction. Hot cotton wool or cloth over it, rub eyelid gently to release the clogged oil.

Google “chalazion”, looks like it could be this. If so, hot flannel twice a day worked for mine

Chalazion - hot compresses with a flannel as hot as you can stand at least twice a day. Then wipe the eyes with a clean pad/flannel. Some decent lubricant drops ( Eg Hyloforte) should also make the eye more comfortable.
Don’t try and ‘ scrape’ it else you’ll be at risk of infection.

chalazion

I've had these before and they are so annoying. Get yourself t to a chemist and got some Golden Eye and it should clear up pretty quickly.

Ah, thank you all so much! I tried to scrape it off with my nail last night but couldn't see without my specs. I showed it to dh this morning, and he's had it a couple of times himself and just scrapes it off, so I asked him to do that for me.

Somewhat later there I was kneeling before him looking up and right as far as I could while he scrapes at my eyelid with his very well-sterilized nail..... got it! Yes, then hot pad and some disinfectant on a cotton bud (ow) and it seems fine and delightful, but I'll keep an eye on it (ho ho) over the next few days.

Thanks to you all. I must admit after the first reply I didn't check back here but just went ahead once we'd got up.

Hit it with a Bible.

Ah good @Jux hope it's better now.

@JaneJeffer, yes, all fine now. No sign of infection, soreness didn't last the night.

@BluTangClan, that was going to be my next sortie into treatment territory of course! My husband had one ready and waiting....