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Can the white bugery eye discharge that is still in my eye cause another chalazion to form after I had the chalazion surgery?

Blossom_May 19, 2016
I got my chalazion removed two days ago and After i Put a warm compress i usually clean my eyelashes to get rid of the oil and lately Ive been noticing this clear bugery substance but when I try and take it out it slides down where its hard to pull it out, and today when I took an eyelash out that had gotten stuck on my eye I noticed that I had eye discharge floating around on the bottom of my eye where my eye lid was cut.

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