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My neighbour has had two beastly styes, and is now sporting a third - all within a period of three months.

She has used Golden Eye Ointment, and has been advised not to go onto anti-biotics again. They didn't do much for her first styes.

Anyone got any remedies, other than rubbing a gold ring on the affected area, please.

Try bathing with a solution of warm water with salt in it. It also may mean that she is in poor general health.

Thanks for the advice Jean. I myself think that she is run down.

if i or family have a sty i still rub my wedding ring on it
its probbably old wives tale
dorothy teresa

Has anyone tried buying zinc and castor oil cream? I asked in the pharmacy at my local Tesco to be told , 'No we don't have that .. but we do have Sudocrem .. its the same.' No it isn't !!!

i still buy zinc and castor oil cream its very good for skin problems/dry skin
dorothy teresa

I am not entirely sure about this so try and confirm before advising it. I used to have a lot of styes as a teenager and my Mum used to wrap cotton wool round a wooden spoon, making the shape easy to apply to the eye, then she made a solution (and this is what needs confirming) of something which I think kight have been boracic powder and very hot water and apply to the eye as hot as can be stood.

Found this on line

Boracic acid. Boric acid.

Use: It is a good antiseptic, although, as a germicide. its power is not very great. As a dressing for wounds and in surgical operations it is extensively used, being a clean, odorless, nonirritating and nontoxic dry dressing. We think of it in stomatitis and ulceration of the mouth as a wash. In cystitis a solution is very useful for irrigating the bladder. Of use in mild forms of conjunctivitis. As a dressing for carbuncles and boils it is better than a poultice. Locally applied in bromidrosis is assists the action of alteratives. Open abscesses or ulcers, after cleansing, may be dressed to advantage with boracic acid. In cervical leucorrhea, the result of excessive acid condition of the vagina, boracic acid applied dry to cervix and held there by a pledget of cotton, repeated every few days will cure in a very short time.


20:04 Thu 20th Oct 2005
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lindapinda
Years ago,when I used to get boils and styes,I think my mother used to get me to use cotton wool dipped in a mix of hot water and boracic powder,to hold against them.The heat softened the hardness around the boil,and the boracic powder,would have had an antiseptic quality.

Thank you for the advice re styes.

Just remembered Chipples,

Tiny little,very hard chips.Ibelieve the joke was that you had eggles with them.