Musiccosmos

There comes a point in life when you just have to accept that you’re going to get pimples—on your face, on the backs of your arms, even on your butt. But damn, do they have to  show up on your eyelids  too? Hold on—an eyelid pimple? What’s that? Okay, so it’s not technically a pimple—these eyelid bumps are probably styes (a.k.a. hordeolums), though they could also be something called chalazia, according to the  American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO). Styes are the most pimple-like—they can be painful, red bumps that have a small pus spot in the centre, and they grow at the base of the eyelash or under the eyelid, per the AAO. Chalazia, however, aren’t usually painful and develop on the eyelid itself. Styes and chalazia are typically caused by the same thing: an infected or clogged oil gland (yep, you have those on your eyelids, just like your skin); styes can also be a result of an infected eyelash. “Sometimes oils are running thicker and don’t fl...