{"id":146670,"date":"2019-10-17T02:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=146670"},"modified":"2022-06-17T15:50:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T22:50:29","slug":"how-to-treat-stye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/how-to-treat-stye\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons Why You Might Have a Stye (And How to Treat It)"},"content":{"rendered":"

We all take great care of our skin these days, but how often do you think about your eyes? If you don’t take adequate care of your eyes, you might end of with a stye \u2013 an infection<\/a> of oil glands in the eyelid that causes a red and painful bump.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t worry, most styes are harmless to your health, but they sure can be irritating. Read on to learn about what causes styes and how to treat them.<\/p>\n

Causes<\/h3>\n

Expired cosmetics<\/strong>
\nThat mascara in your drawer doesn\u2019t last forever. According to the University of Rochester Medical Center<\/a>, \u201cEyelashes naturally have bacteria on them. As soon as you use a makeup brush on the eyelash or eyelid, the brush is contaminated. Over time, the infected brush leads to a buildup of bacteria in the cosmetics container.\u201d Reduce the risk of infection by switching out products every three to four months and avoid sharing makeup.<\/p>\n

Non-disinfected contacts<\/strong>
\nAlways wash your hands before applying your contact lenses<\/a> and make sure to disinfect them. Once you have a stye, you can’t wear your contacts until it has healed, so try to always have an extra pair of glasses just in case.<\/p>\n

Overnight eye makeup<\/strong>
\nThere’s a myriad of reasons to wash your face before bed, and now you have one more. Your eye follicles can get plugged at night if you keep your makeup on, which can lead to a stye.<\/p>\n

Rosacea<\/strong>
\nThis common disorder that usually affects facial skin by causing the nose, chin, and cheeks to appear red can also cause a stye. Rosacea is easily treated, but pus-filled pimples can sometimes occur in and around the eyes. According to the Cleveland Clinic<\/a>, 14 million people in America have rosacea, so know you\u2019re not alone if this is you!<\/p>\n

Sleep deprivation<\/strong>
\nStyes occur more often with weakened health, poor sleep, and poor nutrition. Anything that compromises your immune system<\/a> boosts your chances of getting eye irritation.<\/p>\n

Treatments<\/h3>\n

Warm washcloth<\/strong>
\nPlace a warm washcloth over your closed eye for five to 10 minutes, rewetting it as it loses heat. Then, gently massage it with clean hands.<\/p>\n

Antibiotics<\/strong>
\nIf your stye persists, call your doctor and they might prescribe you antibiotic eye drops<\/a>\u00a0to heal the stye quickly.<\/p>\n

xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"We all take great care of our skin these days, but how often do you ...","author":7532850,"featured_media":175073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/17141655\/stye-use.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/17141655\/stye-use-386x200.jpg","formated_date":"October 17, 2019","category_name":"Wellness","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113835\/health-2.svg","author_name":"Abby Roskind","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#e810ef","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7532850"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}