Home Remedies: Piercing Eye Styes With a Needle

Avoid this: Styes on the eyelids are very close to the eyeballs. You may inadvertently injure your eyeball with the use of a sharp needle so near the eye, said Dr. Currie Chiang, Consultant eye surgeon at International Eye Clinic.

The Alternatives: Soak a clean towel in boiled water and use it to compress the stye. This helps improve blood circulation and softens the stye. You can also aply antiseptic eye cream on the stye.