The treatments you daughter has had usually do not help. The main treatment in warm compresses. A chalazion/stye is like a pimple and antibiotics prevent new ones but do not make them go away. If this does not respond to warm compresses she DOES NEED SURGERY. A large chalazion can cause astigmatism and lead to loss of vision at this age.
Dr. O.
Thank you very much for letting me know Dr. O- the more knowledge I have before sending her for surgery the better I feel about it.
I realize this is quite an old post, but what did you end up doing for your daughter? Have her chalazia healed completely? I currently have a 3yo daughter with a similar situation - 3 months and counting, but our eye MD wants to wait another 6 months before he'll consider surgery. I don't want her to have surgery and general anesthetic, but I'm also concerned about her vision. Of the 3 chalazia she has, 2 are approx pea sized, and one is smaller. However the redness and amount of swelling changes, as do the sizes (they must periodically drain then refill) and I don't know if I should take her back again to the eye MD only to have him tell me he wants to wait longer...
Thanks in advance for any response!