A pimple on your eyelid usually isn't acne — it's probably a stye, chalazion, or xanthelasma. A stye is a round, red bump that can be treated with a warm compress to drain the pus. A chalazion ...

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Your son's stye is also known as a chalazion or Meibomian cyst. It is a small lump on the eyelid due to a blocked oil gland, and can occur on any eyelid. Your son's eyelids contain many oil ...

The result is a stye, which is basically an eyelid pimple. Styes can crop up on upper or lower eyelids, and while most are on the outer edge, there are styes - called internal hordeolums - that ...