Part of being a blogger is over-sharing. I mean, face it. That’s why y’all read this, isn’t it?
For the last two days, my left eye has been hurting. And then today, it got all red and poofy on the bottom lid. I barely wore any eye makeup, but I did slap some liner on there before church and that only made it look weirder.
Here I am, sans makeup, this evening. I took the picture with my cell phone, though, so you will probably look at it and be like “what is her problem, her left eye looks normal”.
Whatever. It hurts.
Perhaps you notice how it is slightly raised and red? THAT’S THE PART THAT HURTS.
I hope it gets better before tomorrow.
Ow. I just blinked. It made me want to cry.
OK, not that bad.
But I looked on WebMd and I appear to have a little bitty eye infection. A STYE. How cross is that?! They were all “do not wear makeup or eye cosmetics until the stye ruptures.”
#1 – that’s not cool to not wear eye makeup for an undetermined amount of time
#2 – it’s going to RUPTURE?!
I’m so going to bed early now.
Yup, those hurt. But I don’t think they necessarily have to rupture. I’m pretty sure I’ve had at least before, and Aunt Marcia used to get them, and I don’t remember them rupturing. They just gradually went back down.
Hopefully yours will do that…..
Too bad you can’t edit responses after you push submit…
I meant I’ve had at least ONE before.
I agree with your mom, they don’t have to ‘rupture’. They can just go down. And if only your lower lid is affected, you can still wear makeup on the upper lid. Probably shouldn’t use mascara though.
Ok, I get those sometimes and I take a cup of boiling water then put a tea bag in it….let it sit for two minutes and if you can handle it drain the tea bag and put it on your eye! I know it sounds weird, but when I do that it goes away in a few hours! Seriously
This is going to sound like the dumbest thing ever, but it does work. My eye doctor suggested it to me years ago and I’ve used it many times.
Cook an egg in boiling water for about 5 minutes. Wrap it in a dish towel or cloth napkin if you need a buffer from the heat and hold it on your eye. The egg is the perfect shape to fit in to your eye socket and it will hold the heat for a fairly long time. After heating your eye for a few minutes, place your finger on your closed eyelid and roll your finger from side to side (like you are trying to smooth it out…hard to explain…). You can reheat the egg a couple of times and repeat the process every so often until the stye goes away. The heat helps to draw the infection to the surface and the gentle pressure of your finger will eventually help it to break open and drain.
They suck. Hope it passes quickly for you.
It probably doesn’t need to be said, but don’t eat the egg.