Swollen inner eyelid for 2 days...

My top right eyelid was swollen when I woke up yesterday morning.  I thought it was maybe the makeup I had forgotten to take off before I fell asleep and just washed my face/eye.  The swelling went down SLIGHTLY, but not entirely.  I woke up briefly early this morning/late last night and noticed the same eyelid was swollen again.  I changed my pillowcase, washed my face/rinsed my eye, put a cool compress over it and took some benadryl for the swelling.  When I woke up a few hours later nothing had changed --still swollen.  I have no pain, no crusting, it doesn't appear to be a stye or look like pinkeye.  It's predominately the INNER part of my lid --and the swelling just kind of stems from there on out.  Should I go to the doctor?  Or is there a way to fix this from home?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

There are a number of things that can cause this, most are not serious and self limited. You can try warm compresses and artifical tears if worse see an Eye MD Saturday AM

JCH MD