While healing, you doctor will provide some restrictions on what you typically do each day, including: Don’t wear eye makeup or contact lenses until the stye or chalazion heals, typically two weeks.

Boils are pus-filled skin infections that occur around a hair follicle or oil gland. This causes a red, painful lump to form as pus collects under the skin. A boil that occurs on the eyelid is called ...