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Tea bags Home remedy for a Sty, Stye or Sties

Simply wet a tea bag and place it on the sty or sties.  Let it stay for a few minutes.  When you do this you will find that the sty or sties usually shrink to half their size.  The tannic acid in the tea seems to help.

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Tea bag Comments By: E.J. Initially the acid burns your sty a little. But the irritation dies down, along with the swelling. It works well.   Works great Comments By: anon Works exactly as described. Definitely recommend.   ill try it all Comments By: chrissy please help me   trying as you read Comments By: kim im hoping this tea bag thing well work because im going crazy!!!!   I HATE STRESS Comments By: Michelle oh s#*t, i just figured out that i'm getting a sty, and i keep hearing about how freaking annoying and painful it is. OH FREAKING JOY.   help Comments By: anon I hear that sometimes you get sties because you are stresseed and lack of sleep...i hope this works because it itches like hell AHHHH   Fantastic Comments By: Leda My eye had been hurting for two days, on the second day in desperation I looked on the internet and stumbled across this website, I had heard about bathing your eye with tea but not for a sty, I thought I'd give it a try. In the morning all I had was a small bump inside my eyelid, after the first try the bump turned white, two more goes and by evening the sty burst and no more pain. I am speechless and overjoyed. Thank you.   sty Comments By: LIANE DURAN i have a sty and its at its puffy stage, hasnt got a head yet, i was gonna try the gold thing, but this just seems more practical, ill let ya know!   can't wait to try it Comments By: Zoe i went to the chemist today to see wot i could get for my stye...and they sed this cream would cost 4.15! as a student...thats definitely not good. but i do no that i have teabags in my cupboard so il definitely give it a try. im at the stage of puffiness and the stye has a head - its on the top eyelid so its making my eye shut a bit - i look as if iv been punched!   so painful!! Comments By: fizza i have tried everything the teabag did not do much for me..took away a little bit of the pain. its still red and painful. my eye is now watering!!   its back again! Comments By: Zoe i can't believe this. i'm obviously using something that has the 'stye germ' on it because the stye has returned in exactly the same place, but on the OTHER eye. i do notice a difference using a teabag though   Help me Comments By: tameka im hopnig this works b/c i get sties almost every year and my not stays on my eyelid for atleast 6 m onths..i dont know what to do to make it go away   it works! Comments By: anon i woke up this morning with a stye on my top eyelid, i tried the salt solution first and am currently sittin with a teabag on my eye! It has definitely gone down in the last ten minutes, although it is still painful.   ? Comments By: leslie does it still work if its under the eye?   Camomile tea! Comments By: CW Camomile tea works best. Make the tea and use the tea bag as hot as you can stand it. Works great. I also put a tiny drop of tea tree oil directly on the sty (it burns a bit) just before placing the tea bag on the eye. With this method i got rid of my sty in just 2 days. It is best if you start the treatment as soon as you feel the sty coming.   this is a misinterpretation Comments By: stymasterborator69 everyone, what you need to do, is have a friend take their scrotum and place and leave on your infected area. you need to apply as much pressure as possible. make sure your friend shaves and possibly washes to avoid a horrible smell after. to avoid getting a sty on your sack, wash with hot water. balls are the remedy   It works! Comments By: Helen Tryed this on my daughter yesterday and the swelling went down in a few hours, would recomend!   get rid of eye makeup Comments By: liz Remember to get rid of all of your eye makeup when you get a stye because the bacteria will stay on the make up.