An external eyelid stye is a red, painful bump on the surface of the eyelid. The bump may resemble a pimple and be tender to the touch. An external stye can appear anywhere on the eyelid. However, it ...

If you've ever had a mysterious pimple on your eyelid, you know that it's basically impossible to focus on anything else. And even though it seems like the world's most inconveniently placed pimple, ...

A pimple on your eyelid usually isn't acne — it's probably a stye, chalazion, or xanthelasma. A stye is a round, red bump that can be treated with a warm compress to drain the pus. A chalazion is ...

Q. I'm constantly getting styes. How do I treat and prevent them? A. While uncomfortable, red, and painful, the good news is styes are usually harmless. They're caused when an oil gland in the eyelid ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Are oral antibiotics ever prescribed to treat chalazions in addition to eye drops and ointment? I have had two this year for, seemingly, no reason. They were treated with tobramycin ...

A 52-year-old Latin-American man was referred to the Oculoplastics service at the New England Eye Center for evaluation of presumed pyogenic granuloma. The patient reported a history of a rapidly ...

A father-of-three who was at risk of losing his eyesight after a cancerous tumour on his eyelid swelled to “the size of a cherry tomato”, taking over his whole eye and weighing it shut, has praised ...