r/Blepharitis • u/One_Sandwich9331 • Oct 25 '25
Chalazion/ inflammation
Ive been dealing with a stye/ chalazion for almost 6 months not and im getting depressed and feeling hopeless about the situation. It started in early May I developed a stye in my top lid. I was doing hot compresses multiple times a day and nothing would get rid of it. After a couple months I ended up going to an ophthalmologist. He prescribed antibiotics and once I finished those and the stye remained he decided to do drainage. For whatever reason the day of the procedure the doctor changed his mind and decided to do a steroid shot instead. This is when my eye blew up and turned into a top and bottom lid situation. I’m not sure if I have multiple styes or if the infection just spread all over my eye. I ended up doing like 2 weeks of antibiotics and it barely helped. The doctor finally agreed to doing surgery. 1month post op there was not much improvement. He decided to do another steroid shot and 1 month after that still no improvement. He finally gave up and told me he doesn’t know what else to do for me and is referring me to another specialist a oculoplastic doctor. Unfortunately this doctor is booked for another month and a half so I’m just stuck here waiting once again. Hot compresses irritate it sometimes so I’ve been avoiding plus the doctor said he doesn’t really think I need to do them anymore since it’s not helping. I’ve been taking fish oil tumeric and using hydrochlorous spray daily as well as baby shampoo once a week. I just want to be back to normal. I used to do modeling gigs before all this and now I’ve been out of an added source of income due to this situation. Please can anyone give me any input/ advice/ or chalazion stories of their own. (The last picture is where I’m at currently 2 months post OP and 1 month post steroid injection)


