How To Pop a Stye


I get many questions about styes appear in my inbox and one of the most common questions I’m asked is ‘how can I pop a stye?’.

If you’ve read my blog posts, you’ll know that I always say never ever squeeze a stye! This can result in a spread of the infection and cause damage to your eyelid. In addition it is very very painful – trust me, I’ve tried it!

However, there is a way to pop a stye without squeezing it – actually there are two ways:


The first method is to ask your doctor to lance it with a needle. Your doctor will give you a local anesthetic for this so you won’t feel a thing. The bad news is that many doctor will only surgically remove a stye if you’ve had it for a long time or it is particularly large.

The second method is apply a hot compress to your eye regularly throughout the day. This heat and moisture will ‘pop’ the stye, releasing the fluids and removing the bacteria. This is the ONLY method you should consider when popping a stye yourself.


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  1. Reply barb huntrods
    11/08/18

    Polysporin has been used, tea compresses used as well. It is still red, an appt. is made with a specialist, will he lance it right there and then

  2. Reply Lauren
    11/08/24

    My sty Got big then I put the compress on and thee was pus and such there it was gross

  3. Reply Annie
    11/10/05

    ahhh my sty is big, but i have no idea how much bigger it will or can get…right now it has mase my eye wrinkley!! its huge and red. i realized it was there yesterday..can i get rid of it in like an hour and a half? today is picture day and i dont wannna be remembered as “stye girl”,,please help me!!!

  4. Reply JayNine
    11/10/07

    :???: I’ve had a stye for a few months, probably almost a year.. make it better, i’ve tried that hot compressed sh*t, with tea bags, stupid sh*t doesn’t work..

    • Reply Danny
      11/10/07

      If you’ve had it for that long, it’s probably a chalazion rather than a stye. The best remedy is to have it surgically removed by a doctor – it’s a relatively quick and painless procedure and uses a local anaesthetic so you can be ‘in and out’ within an hour. Se my article on how to get rid of a chalazion.

  5. Reply Laura
    11/10/16

    I am getting married in like 5 days and a stye popped up 2 days ago I have been using a warm compress it seems to have gotten smaller, but how can I make 100% sure it is gone by Saturday! :cry:

  6. Reply Ella
    11/10/20

    I do modoling and acting and i cant model because i have this stye i put a hot compress dosent work it dosent do anything what should i do i think my only choice is TO POP THATH THING :???: :???:

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