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My fun fun eye surgery was to remove a stye that had hardened into a chalazion. This didn't involve any actual needle/scalpel work on the eye itself, but did re

My fun fun eye surgery was to remove a stye that had hardened into a chalazion. This didn't involve any actual needle/scalpel work on the eye itself, but did require flipping my eyelid inside-out and cutting into the back with a scalpel. The local anaesthetic worked great. A side effect of the eyelid-flip (I think) was that my eye rolled into a position that wasn't seeing anything. Overall, it was kinda like going to the dentist, but I could keep chatting with the doctor through the whole thing. The ability to keep communicating was great for keeping things chill. (However, one must be careful not to laugh while there's a scalpel near one's eye.)

metabagel 5y ago
I used to experience blepharitis and occasional sties, but of all things what cleared everything up was tea tree shampoo and face wash with tea tree oil. https://www.healthline.com/health/eyelash-mites https://www.healthline.com/health/eyelash-mites Keep any tea tree oil product well away from the eyelashes. It's not actually necessary to treat it there, and you'll regret it if you get any of the product in your eyes.
- sdenton4 5y ago
  Mine was caused by doing stressful grad school things, keeping ridiculously bad sleep schedules, and staring at a too-bright monitor for dozens of hours per day. These added up to rubbing my eyes a lot, which led directly to styes. After reducing my monitor brightness, the problem went away.
ignoramous 5y ago
Had that one myself. Looks way scarier in the videos: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/phWKZTsy2dg https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/phWKZTsy2dg In reality, it is a not a big deal at all.
CallMeJim 5y ago
I had the same procedure on a lower eyelid, but the stye made the eyelid too thick to flip. An attendant had to force the eyelid down while the stye was lanced with a scalpel. For some reason, the anaesthetic didn't take effect. Pain.

metabagel 5y ago

I used to experience blepharitis and occasional sties, but of all things what cleared everything up was tea tree shampoo and face wash with tea tree oil. https://www.healthline.com/health/eyelash-mites https://www.healthline.com/health/eyelash-mites Keep any tea tree oil product well away from the eyelashes. It's not actually necessary to treat it there, and you'll regret it if you get any of the product in your eyes.

sdenton4 5y ago
Mine was caused by doing stressful grad school things, keeping ridiculously bad sleep schedules, and staring at a too-bright monitor for dozens of hours per day. These added up to rubbing my eyes a lot, which led directly to styes. After reducing my monitor brightness, the problem went away.

ignoramous 5y ago

Had that one myself. Looks way scarier in the videos: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/phWKZTsy2dg https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/phWKZTsy2dg In reality, it is a not a big deal at all.

CallMeJim 5y ago

I had the same procedure on a lower eyelid, but the stye made the eyelid too thick to flip. An attendant had to force the eyelid down while the stye was lanced with a scalpel. For some reason, the anaesthetic didn't take effect. Pain.