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  A chalazion or a chalazia is look like a red bump on your eyelid. It has other names which include eyelid cyst or a meibomian cyst. When an oil gland called a meibomian becomes blocked, it forms slowly in your eyes. In the starting developing stage of chalazion may be painful but after sometime it usually doesn’t hurt. It usually forms on the upper eyelids but occasionally it occurs on lower eyelids also. Typically, chalazia usually develops in adults between the ages of 30 and 50. But they are not common in children even though they can also happen sometimes. Chalazion Vs stye Styes are formed by bacterial infections which causes the gland to swell. Normally, a chalazion is not a stye but it can form based on a stye. Generally, chalazion is not painful and it appears farther back on the eyelids. Causes of chalazion  Usually, chalazia will develop by something that blocks a small oil gland in the eyelids. These small oil glands help to keep your eyes moisture. That blocked g...