Sorry, I haven't answered by now because I have not checked this thread anymore :) So, last surgery my husband took was ok but he got a dark circle around that eye for quite a long time ( one week) now the chalazion is on the same eye, but on the lower lip , at hte baswe of the eyelids, and it is much bigger. I do not think he's got an alternative to it, as it is quite big! We tried to put different solutions on it ( like aloe vera drops for eyes) but it is still there...probably he's going to another surgery, unfortunally. I knbow doctors arre after money, but what concerns me most is to avoid surgery in sucha a delicate area! and avoid recurrence