How to Get Rid of a Stye Fast & Overnight (7 BEST WAYS)

A stye in your eyelid (also known as a sty) can be very painful and uncomfortable; sometimes watery. You’ll need immediate relief fast.

What can cause a stye?

Styes are mostly caused by bacteria that has a very difficult medical name (staphylococcal bacteria or staph for short). Medically, a stye is also known as a hordeolum.

Your gland in your eyelid becomes blocked and causes a bump. This can also look like a small pimple or boil.

Other causes include foreign material such as makeup or dust that can cause a blockage.

Are styes contagious?

Yes, definitely. A stye infection can be transferred to other people and personal hygiene is therefore a very important factor.

Don’t share pillows, towels and other items with other people. Wash your hands regularly and properly and keep your eyes clean.

How long do styes last? A stye will normally heal within a few days by itself, even if you don’t apply any sort of treatment.

Thinking about popping your stye? Don’t do it.

However, if you do decide to pop your stye, you risk further infection since the bacteria can spread. If the stye does not heal after a few days, get a doctor’s attention.

Here are some home remedies and ways that can help you get rid of a stye fast:

1. Remove Styes by Using Hot Compression and Heat

The very first thing you can do is to try and open up the stye with heat without popping it. The heat will help with opening up the clogged stye gland.

• Use a warm cloth or towel that was soaked in hot water.
• Close your eyes.
• Place the cloth onto your eyelids for 10-20 minutes at a time.
• Repeat a few times during the day.
• When you shower wash the stye with hot water.

Hot compression can also get rid of bruises.

2. Use a Teabag to Get Rid of a Stye Fast

There are two things at work here that helps heal styes. Firstly, the tea contains tannin, which is anti-inflammatory and antibacterial and secondly, the heat and steam also helps to open up the clogged pore.

The preferable teabag to use is an old one that has already been used. You can use either green or black tea.

• Soak the tea bag in hot water (the hotter the better), but be careful that you don’t burn yourself.
• Squeeze out some of the water.
• Place the tea bag on your eye and leave it on until you feel the temperature dropping and it gets cold.
• Then remove the teabag from your eye and repeat the treatment a few times by using the same tea bag (re-heated) or another warm tea bag.
• You should get relief from the pain fast and your stye will disappear soon.

3. Use Turmeric Powder to Get Rid of a Stye in Your Eye Quickly and Naturally

Turmeric by itself is very healthy and you really should get a daily dose of it. Turmeric has an ingredient called curcumin, which has anti-inflammatory benefits.

• Wash your hands.
• Make a thick paste of turmeric by using 1 table spoon of turmeric and then add water.
• Use your finger or cotton swab to apply the turmeric to the stye on your eyelid.
• Leave it on for 10 – 20 minutes.

Your stye should disappear quickly within 20 minutes. You may be allergic to turmeric, so test by placing a little bit of the turmeric paste on your skin first and leaving it for a few minutes.

Turmeric is also one of the best ways to get rid of pimples.

4. Use Coconut Oil as a Natural Treatment for Styes

Coconut oil is beneficial for the whole body, whether taken orally or applied topically. It has antibacterial and antibiotic properties that is very good for a stye. Use natural virgin coconut oil.

• Wash your hands and eyes.
• Apply the coconut oil (heat it up with your hands first) to the surface of your eyelid and stye by using your finger or cotton swab.
• Do this three or four times a day.
• If the stye is inside or under your eyelid, use your finger to lift up the eyelid and apply the coconut oil. Yes, I know that it is not so easy and it can be quite uncomfortable doing this, but give it a try. Leave the coconut oil inside your eye overnight.

The coconut oil treatment should get rid of a stye fast. Test the coconut oil for a few minutes on your skin first (such as your arm) to see if there is any reaction before you even take the coconut oil near your eyes.

Coconut oil is also useful for acne, very efficient to grow hair faster, helps remove bruises , gets rid of stretch marks fast and also has other uses for the skin and body.

5. Use Aloe Vera Gel to Remove a Stye Naturally

Aloe Vera is a natural plant that that will help sooth and heal the stye. Works efficiently, but make sure that you use 100% natural Aloe Vera gel. Anything else in the Aloe Vera could be dangerous to the eye.

Aloe Vera kills bacteria and has healing benefits. This has been proven by science.

Wash your hands and apply the Aloe Vera gel to your eyelids and stye. Leave on for 20 minutes then wash it off. Repeat a few times daily.

Aloe Vera gel can also be used to remove pimple marks.

6. Use Gold to Get Rid of a Stye in One Day

Well now… this is a surprising and strange way to remove a stye.

Use a clean wedding ring containing gold (wash it first) and rub it gently on the stye. Your pain should disappear quickly and the swelling will go down fast. Do this a few times a day.

The gold should be as pure as possible. Divide the carats by 24 and multiply with 100 to get a percentage; i.e. 12 carat gold is 50 % pure gold, 24 carat gold is 100% pure, etc.

Why does the gold work? Beats me, but maybe the electrons reacting with the fluids in the eye or the actual act of massaging the stye with the gold ring helps. It is said that gold kills staph.

It is recommended by so many people, that it just cannot be ignored.

You could also place the gold ring in water and stir it for a while. Then place a few drops into your eyes. It is actually better if you leave the gold in water overnight and then place a few drops into your eyes.

7. Other Tips and Tricks

• Don’t rub your eye or eyelids, since it can spread the infection.
• If you use makeup, stop it for a while and throw away your old makeup tools; they might contain the dirt that caused your stye.

Now you know how to get rid of a stye fast; so start your treatment now. If nothing helps for the styes, a doctor is the only option.