Hey Guys,

Thanks for all the questions you’ve sent in. In this post I’m going to hand over to a friend of mine who suffered from recurring styes and he’ll tell you exactly how to get rid of styes and try to answer all your questions at the same time so be prepared for a long(ish) article.

Hi, my name’s Dave.

If you want to find out how I got rid of my stye, click here.

So, What is a Stye?

First of all, lets take a look at what a stye is and why we get them as this holds clues to how we can get treat them.

In essence, a stye is an infection of the oil glands (sebaceous) on and around the eyelid. These glands secrete tiny amounts of oil through a small duct to protect and lubricate your skin, eye and eyelashes. Also, you have meibomian sebaceous or ‘tear ducts’ as they are more commonly known.

If these oil glands become blocked, it can result in a chalazion, which is a small cyst on the eyelid. If the oil glands become infected with bacteria (the most likely culprit being the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus), it can result in a hordeolum or stye. Chalazions are often a lot less painful than styes, however they usually require medical attention to get rid of. Styes, on the other hand, can usually be treated at home (around 98% of the time).

Effects of Eye Sties

Blocked oil glands that are subsequently infected with bacteria form a stye, which is a bump or lump on the surface of the eyelid, with a white or yellow dot at the summit (see the picture above). The stye and the area around it usually becomes puffy, red and inflamed and is often painful to the sufferer. It can also be very itchy and cause irritation because it doesn’t feel comfortable to keep the eyelid open, which can make everyday tasks ten times harder to accomplish.

How to Prevent Styes

Armed with the knowledge of what a stye is, we are now ideally placed to make some educated assumptions about what may prevent styes from developing.

The first thing you need to do is maintain a high level of personal hygiene and cleanliness – in other words, was your hands and face (especially the areas around your eyes) regularly. This helps prevent bacteria from getting into your sebaceous glands.

Also, it is important to maintain a healthy, balanced diet as this helps to build a strong immune system, which can counteract any bacteria that does get into your eyes quickly and effectively.

Finally, try to keep your fingers out of your eyes and try to resist the urge to rub them. During our daily routines, we touch a lot of things and our hands are rife with bacteria, so by keeping them away from our eyes, we reduce the chance of spreading bacteria to that area.

As a sidenote, bacteria that occurs naturally in our nostrils is thought to be a cause of styes, so try not to pick your nose, too

How to Get Rid of Styes

I, myself, suffered from chronic eye styes for many years. I first started to get them in my late teens and this continued for about a decade until I was in my early thirties. Although styes are common in infants, my parents told me I didn’t have them as a child, so I surmised that one of the changes I went through during puberty was perhaps the reason behind me being susceptible to styes in early adulthood.

Although I have no medical training and no proof, I suspect my pores opening up during adolescence coupled with the stress of exams and tiredness caused by late night study sessions all contributed to my stye problems. This continued during my twenties, as I worked long hours in a stressful (but enjoyable) career.

I tried lots of remedies and treatments to get rid of my styes (both from my doctor and at home) but they’d take weeks before they began to work and when the stye did finally disappear, a week or two later I’d develop another one! This became infuriating as I was in a constant, never-ending battle with my styes and, as anyone who has suffered from styes knows well, the pain and irritation they cause greatly reduces your productivity. This, in turn, led to more stress in an already-stressful job and at one point, the stress got so by bad,I considered quitting the job I loved.

I was at my wit’s end!

Then, one day I was surfing the Internet looking for the next stye treatment to try out and I came across Stye No-More, a home remedy guide for stye sufferers. The e-book claimed to offer home remedies to get rid of styes quickly and easily and stop them from coming back for good. I was a little skeptical at first, but as it offered a sixty-day money back guarantee, I decided to give it a shot.

Many of the remedies listed in Stye No-More I had already tried before and had no luck with, however there were a few that were new to me, so I gave them a shot. The first didn’t work for me, however the second changed my life forever. Within a couple of days, my stye had disappeared and, touch wood, I’ve not developed another stye for over 18 months now!

For over a decade, styes had been the bane of my life. Now, I found I could arrange trips and meetings without worrying if I’d develop a stye and, best of all, I wouldn’t have to quit my job.

You might think I sound a bit crazy and over-excited – after all, I’m only talking about how to get rid of and prevent styes, but it really did have that much of a positive impact on my life. Curing my recurring stye problem reduced the stress in my life ten-fold and with less stress, I learned to enjoy life more and the reason I’m sharing this with you is because I want others to feel the new lease of life that I have had the privilege of feeling. Here’s that link again.

How To Get Rid of Styes with Stye No-More