Never ending stye!!!

I have had a stye in my eye since December 2010 (its now March 2011). I have had several styes in my eye over my life time and they are all on the rim of my lower lid and seem to go away with in a week or two after putting over the counter medication on it. This one however is stubborn and has posted up shop on my lower eyelid. It was like a normal stye when it came on except there was much more pain and my whole eye turned pink then red (as if I was getting pink eye). I started hot compress that night. I continued for a week and then the bump came! It was different from the normal styes I get for the fact that it was located in my eye and not on the rim of the lower lid.

I have tried literally EVERYTHING to get rid of this beast! All over the counter medications, ointment from the doctors office, essential (sp) oils that my mother mixed up and nothing seems to clear this guy up! I started doing HOT (not to burn my skin but hotter than normal) compresses just 3 days ago and now it has drawn everything from inside my eye out and looks....AWFUL! Its REALLY red and looks like its going to explode but there is no head to it! I am not sure what to do I can keep doing the hot compress but will a head ever form? Will it be in the inside or on the outside. The stye now feels like a zit with no head that has built up tons of pressure and needs to be popped!

I am planning a wedding soon and this is not what I want to remember on my big day! I am to scared to get the surgery for it but I am kinda running out of options....any suggestions?!?!?

Thank you!

[Ray T Oyakawa, MD]

Styes are like pimples.  Usually, you have to treat with antibiotics and lid hygiene (the most important) to prevent recurrences.

Dr. O.