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A member asked:

I have had a stye since halloween and i have gone to the doctors twice and got gel medication and eye drops and neither worked ?

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Dr. Alexander Blinski answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Needs drainage: Most primary care doctors don't drain styes (I do if they can be drained easily). Usually an eye doc can take care of them (but they make you wait 3 weeks total time in most cases). If the stye comes back or worsens it could be something else more dangerous, or just a stye again. Best of luck

Answered 12/24/2015

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