Lol well, I'm pretty sure I don't have a potato in my dorm room. The only thing I can find online is it says not to pick at it and use a warm cloth. It's not really helping.
if i were nearby, i would run one over to you. they can be very painful. have you looked up homeopathic remedies online? it won't help you tonight...but get to the cafeteria tomorrow, and ask for a piece of potato! (praying they don't use instant!)
"My mother in law taught me this. When I have the beginning of a stye (in the eye) I take a piece of smooth gold jewelry (mother said it should be your husband's wedding ring) and press it against the stye. Now gently move it across the stye in one direction. Picking it up off the eye and starting over again. Do that several times and as often as you think of it. It has always healed my eyes right up. It works like a charm! Gold has healing properties in it. I always wash the jewelry before and after I do this."
"When I was small and would get a sty on my eye, my mother would take a an Irish potato, cut it in half and scrape out about 3 or 4 tablespoons of the raw potato. Then she would put the gooey mess in a clean, white handkerchief and put it over my eye. She'd leave it about 30 or 45 minutes, take it off, wash the area around my eye and in about an hour the sty would be gone. It has been a really long time since I was a little girl, but I still use this remedy to this day. Don't know how it works or why; but, it works."