If you are doing these or have then you are at great risk of eye sty.

• Use old or expired cosmetics
• Suffer from Rosacea
• Leave on eye makeup overnight
• touch your eyes with unwashed hands.
• Using contact lenses without washing your hands

Apply warm compresses: If you had eye stye in the past, Applying warm compresses regularly can help to prevent eye stye from coming back.

Take care with Cosmetics: Avoid using old or expired cosmetics do not buy cheap or unknown brand cosmetics read the label carefully before using cosmetics

Wash your hands: Keep your hands away from eyes, if you have to touch your eyes than ensure your hands are clean from bacteria in today’s time mobile phone has thousands of bacteria remember to wash your hands with natural hand sanitizer before touching eyes.

Massage the area to improve drainage: You should massage the eyelid slowly with care to improve drainage. ensure your hands are clean and neat. stop if massaging hurts your eye.

Can i pop a stye?

Never pop or touch stye. it might seem okay, unfortunately squeezing will release pus and can spread the infection in other parts of the eyes. eye physicians are the best ones to remove pus from the eyelid.

When to consult an eye physician?

Immediately contact your local physician if your eye stye:

• Affects your vision
• You feel more pain in the eye
• A stye is inside the eye
• Gets bigger
• Does not clear up with home remedies.

Home remedies for stye on eyelid

If you are suffering from eye stye, applying cucumber on your eyelids is the best treatment because cucumbers provide cool moisture to the eyes it also helps to reduce inflammation and irritation.

How to use it?

• Take 2 slices of a cucumber
• lay down and put in your eyes for 15 minutes
• Repeat 3 times a week until you get relief from eye style.

The green or black tea bag is a similar treatment like warm compress it is recommended by many healthcare experts because both the tea are a great way to reduce inflammation in the eye, also it has antibacterial properties.

How to use it?

• After you drank the tea do not throw tea bag instead put that tea bag in your eyes
• Keep for 10 minutes to ensure the teabag is cool and
• keep your eyes closed for 10 minutes.
• Repeat 3 times a week until you get rid of eye stye.

when you are suffering from eye stye you shouldn’t use cosmetics and eye lenses until you are fully recovering from the style. many contact lenses and cosmetics are made with chemicals and contain bacteria which sometimes causes eye stye. never sleep with makeup remember that it is an invitation for eye stye.

It is said that Coriander Seeds works wonders for eye stye because they have anti-inflammatory properties and may help to reduce oedema in your eye.

How to use it?

• 2 tablespoon Coriander seeds.
• 1 cup of water.
• Boil the Coriander seeds with water for a few minutes.
• let the water cool down.
• carefully wash the eyes with it.
• repeat 3 times a week until you get relief.

Potatoes are low astringent and contain anti-inflammatory these properties help to decrease the swelling and eye pain also prevent an eye infection which causes eye stye.

How to use it?

• 1 small potato.
• A soft cloth.
• Peel it and cut it into a small slice.
• Place this in 100% cotton light and a soft cloth.
• Put the cloth around the affected eye for 10 minutes.
• use 2 times a day until you get relief.

Turmeric is a great antiseptic and commonly used in internal infections this is ancient
herb said to be healing for many common health conditions.

How to use it?

• A small amount of turmeric in a Tablespoon
• A Glass of water
• Add the turmeric to water
• Carefully wash your eyes with it
• Repeat two times a day until you get relief.

A love vera herb has been used by many people for treating eyesores.
this natural plant provides many health benefits. it helps to the hydrating eye and soothes pain and itching.

How to use it?

• Take one aloe vera leaf
• Remove its scaly material
• Lay down on bed or chair
• Put the pulp over the eyes
• leave it for 10 minutes
• Rinse them with clean water
• Repeat 2 times a day until you get relief
• Consult a physician if you get any irritation or pain after using this (very rare.)

Milk cream has warmth sensation which helps to reduce swelling plus help
in eliminating pus that is present in the eyelid.

How to take

• A cotton ball
• 3 tablespoon water
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 tablespoon milk cream
• Boil everything together for few seconds only it should not be hot
• Apply this cream to eye stye using cotton.
• leave it until it dries
• once it is dried wash with left-out milk cream.
• Repeat once a day until your eye stye gets to heal.

Castor oil contains hydrating properties it is said to be effective in curing skin infections. it helps to reduce swelling and pain while treating skin infection which might be causing the stye.

How to use

• Cotton ball
• 1 tablespoon Castor oil
• Dip the cotton ball in castor oil
• Apply on the affected area
• leave it for 10 minutes
• wash with lukewarm water.
• Repeat once a day until you get relief.

Medial research links

https://www.stylecraze.com/articles/effective-home-remedies-for-eye-stye/#gref
https://www.healthline.com/health/tea-bags-for-eyes#types
https://www.allaboutvision.com/en-in/conditions/how-to-get-rid-of-a-stye/

https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?ContentTypeID=85&ContentID=P01075
https://nei.nih.gov/faqs/eyelid-disorders-chalazion-stye
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK459349/
https://www.djo.org.in/articles/29/2/An-Expeditious-Recovery-from-Stye.html