Monday, September 10, 2012

Eye Stye Remedy

Oh the joys of having a giant inflamed stye on your eye.  I mean nothing screams I'm confident and ready to face the world like a giant pulsating interference on your face!  Okay, so how to move on with your life?  The natural remedies encyclopedia and many other credible sources say that a potato has an incredible quality about it that pulls the stye to the surface and speeds healing.  Early treatment is best.



Ingredients:
1 raw potato
1 gauss cloth or folded napkin
Your joyful face

Directions:
On a cutting board, cut a small piece of your potato off, about the size of the tip of your thumb (from the knuckle to the tip)
Put the rest in a ziplock and refrigerate for later
With a very sharp knife, cut the small piece into the tiniest pieces imaginable, you want to make this into a puree... so chop away, until it just a bunch of juicy mush
Put the mush on your cloth and put directly on the stye or area that feels like it's becoming a stye
Hold it there while you relax and pout
This needs to be replaced with a new "poultice" every two hours
Keep this in place as much as you can throughout the day

I haven't personally tried this, but there are many that swear by it.  If you get styes often, you need to be washing your face every night (removing eye makeup) and consider buying new mascara more often.  Clogged pores are usually the culprit.

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