I think I've had a stye for a month

I am a 26 year old female.  About a month ago I had a stye on my upper eyelid.  After a few days when the swelling wouldn't go down I went to my eye doctor who prescribed me doxycycline and a sample of maxitrol cream to use at night.  In a few days the swelling was gone as well as the pain but I continued to have this heavy feeling on my eyelid as well as a tiny red area where the stye was.  The white dot that I had is gone as well.  I went back to a follow up appointment where my doctor told me to keep taking the medicine and apply heat and it should clear up.  It has been a month now and that heavy feeling is still there...all the time...and it is driving me crazy.  Could I really still have the reminents of a stye a month later after taking all this medicine?  My eye never had this heavy feeling before but could that be the result of somthing else?

[MariaV75]

HI NIkki,
This sounds similar to what I've posted above about my 5 year old son.   My son still has that white dot- what your white dot on your eyelid or eyeball? My son's is directly on my eyeball, that's why I'm so concerned...

[Ray T Oyakawa, MD]

It can takes months to clear.  This is similar to a pimple, after it pops it may take months for the residual hardness to go away.  Some times the stye becomes a chalazion and it may have to be removed surgically in the office.

Dr. O.