Boils - what to use to get rid of them
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NikolaeVarius
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Hot hot hot baths 2-3 times a day with Epsom salt, and boilease. Boilease is an OTC cream that helps bring it to the surface to pop. Keep the area clean and attempt the avoid putting alot of pressure on the boil if you can.
Oh and when you are laying in bed, a super hot (but not melt your skin hot) compress on the boil will help too. Like while reading a book or something.
Oh and when you are laying in bed, a super hot (but not melt your skin hot) compress on the boil will help too. Like while reading a book or something.
Try squeezing it after a super hot bath. The hot water softens the puss and opens your pores and makes the skin easier to break through.
Originally posted by: LolaWiz
without going into detail or using photos, can someone tell me what exactly a boil is?
An infected hair follicle that swells and when infected becomes an abscess.
Originally posted by: CPA
How am I going to stick my facecheek into the hot water though. I can't hold my breath for that long
Haha I really thought you meant the cheek of your a$$.
Put a super hot compress on your face for about 30 minutes and then try.
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Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
Originally posted by: CPA
How am I going to stick my facecheek into the hot water though. I can't hold my breath for that long
Haha I really thought you meant the cheek of your a$$.
Put a super hot compress on your face for about 30 minutes and then try.
I did have one on my ass a couple of years ago. Take a look at the most painful experiences in your life (or something like that) thread from a few days ago. I posted the details of that experience. Not fun.
Originally posted by: rdubbz420
Originally posted by: LolaWiz
without going into detail or using photos, can someone tell me what exactly a boil is?
like a big infected zit
Thank you both.
I learned something new today.
jupiter57
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On the rare occasion I get a boil, I use a razor blade to slice it open slightly, then a sterilized Dental Pick to fish out the ingrown hair that caused it.
Not pretty nor painless, but it gets the job done, heals faster, and helps prevent re-occurrence (The problem with most boils is that even after they burst & drain or are lanced, the ingrown hair remains ingrown, and oftentimes causes the boil to re-occur).
The wife suffers from boils a lot, especially on her groin area. She's too wussy to even try to squeeze them. They wind up swelling tremendously and bursting on their own!
I have seen some that left holes the size of a pencil eraser diameter!
Needless to say, that area is not a pretty site, with the scars and marks they leave.
Edited to add Grossness
Not pretty nor painless, but it gets the job done, heals faster, and helps prevent re-occurrence (The problem with most boils is that even after they burst & drain or are lanced, the ingrown hair remains ingrown, and oftentimes causes the boil to re-occur).
The wife suffers from boils a lot, especially on her groin area. She's too wussy to even try to squeeze them. They wind up swelling tremendously and bursting on their own!
I have seen some that left holes the size of a pencil eraser diameter!
Needless to say, that area is not a pretty site, with the scars and marks they leave.
Edited to add Grossness
Hunt's tomato paste boil cure ....cover the boil with Hunt's tomato paste
as a compress. The acids from the tomatoes soothe the pain and bring the
boil to a head.
as a compress. The acids from the tomatoes soothe the pain and bring the
boil to a head.
Originally posted by: jupiter57
On the rare occasion I get a boil, I use a razor blade to slice it open slightly, then a sterilized Dental Pick to fish out the ingrown hair that caused it.
Not pretty nor painless, but it gets the job done, heals faster, and helps prevent re-occurrence (The problem with most boils is that even after they burst & drain or are lanced, the ingrown hair remains ingrown, and oftentimes causes the boil to re-occur).
The wife suffers from boils a lot, especially on her groin area. She's too wussy to even try to squeeze them. They wind up swelling tremendously and bursting on their own!
I have seen some that left holes the size of a pencil eraser diameter!
Needless to say, that area is not a pretty site, with the scars and marks they leave.
Edited to add Grossness
Oh my, I nominate this for TMI of the year...... I suddenly am not feeling so well...
wheresmybacon
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Originally posted by: jupiter57
On the rare occasion I get a boil, I use a razor blade to slice it open slightly, then a sterilized Dental Pick to fish out the ingrown hair that caused it.
Not pretty nor painless, but it gets the job done, heals faster, and helps prevent re-occurrence (The problem with most boils is that even after they burst & drain or are lanced, the ingrown hair remains ingrown, and oftentimes causes the boil to re-occur).
The wife suffers from boils a lot, especially on her groin area. She's too wussy to even try to squeeze them. They wind up swelling tremendously and bursting on their own!
I have seen some that left holes the size of a pencil eraser diameter!
Needless to say, that area is not a pretty site, with the scars and marks they leave.
Edited to add Grossness
Wow. Good thing I just ate!
Originally posted by: jupiter57
On the rare occasion I get a boil, I use a razor blade to slice it open slightly, then a sterilized Dental Pick to fish out the ingrown hair that caused it.
Not pretty nor painless, but it gets the job done, heals faster, and helps prevent re-occurrence (The problem with most boils is that even after they burst & drain or are lanced, the ingrown hair remains ingrown, and oftentimes causes the boil to re-occur).
The wife suffers from boils a lot, especially on her groin area. She's too wussy to even try to squeeze them. They wind up swelling tremendously and bursting on their own!
I have seen some that left holes the size of a pencil eraser diameter!
Needless to say, that area is not a pretty site, with the scars and marks they leave.
Edited to add Grossness
Geez are you mad at your wife right now or something?!?
jupiter57
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Originally posted by: gwrober
Originally posted by: jupiter57
On the rare occasion I get a boil, I use a razor blade to slice it open slightly, then a sterilized Dental Pick to fish out the ingrown hair that caused it.
Not pretty nor painless, but it gets the job done, heals faster, and helps prevent re-occurrence (The problem with most boils is that even after they burst & drain or are lanced, the ingrown hair remains ingrown, and oftentimes causes the boil to re-occur).
The wife suffers from boils a lot, especially on her groin area. She's too wussy to even try to squeeze them. They wind up swelling tremendously and bursting on their own!
I have seen some that left holes the size of a pencil eraser diameter!
Needless to say, that area is not a pretty site, with the scars and marks they leave.
Edited to add Grossness
Geez are you mad at your wife right now or something?!?
Nah! (Well, no more than usual)
She's just a lazy, obese slob who could'nt care less about her looks or her body.
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