Puncturing a Small Stye or Cyst along the Eyelid Margin

This is a very small procedure that can assist with the drainage of a stye or cyst involving the eyelid. You can certainly choose to use anaesthetics here, and I always give patients the choice, but local anaesthesia can sting quite a bit here and usually unroofing these is a relatively easy process and even when you compress the stye or cyst afterwards, which can be a bit uncomfortable, it is easier on the patient then injecting it with lidocaine of something similar. Each case is unique however, as is the patient input. At any rate, once unroofed, these tend to heal quite nicely.