Boils - what to use to get rid of them

[CPA]

I have a boil forming on my cheek. It's not the first I've had, but the last one I let get to the point I had to have a doctor lance and drain it. It was not pretty.

Does anyone have any remedies OTC or otherwise?

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Warm/Hot water can help/

 

[GasX]

time to draw a bullseye on your bathroom mirror

 

[Zysoclaplem]

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.

 

[elektrolokomotive]

rusty utility knife

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
time to draw a bullseye on your bathroom mirror

I've been squeezing and squeezing this thing, but only a little puss and blood comes out. It's still hard and enflamed and painful to the touch.

 

[Zysoclaplem]

Originally posted by: CPA

Originally posted by: Mwilding
time to draw a bullseye on your bathroom mirror

I've been squeezing and squeezing this thing, but only a little puss and blood comes out. It's still hard and enflamed and painful to the touch.

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.

 

[Lola]

without going into detail or using photos, can someone tell me what exactly a boil is? 😱

 

[Zysoclaplem]

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.

 

[MiniDoom]

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

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem

Originally posted by: CPA

Originally posted by: Mwilding
time to draw a bullseye on your bathroom mirror

I've been squeezing and squeezing this thing, but only a little puss and blood comes out. It's still hard and enflamed and painful to the touch.

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.

How am I going to stick my facecheek into the hot water though. I can't hold my breath for that long 😛 I'll figure out a way.

 

[Zysoclaplem]

Originally posted by: CPA

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem

Originally posted by: CPA

Originally posted by: Mwilding
time to draw a bullseye on your bathroom mirror

I've been squeezing and squeezing this thing, but only a little puss and blood comes out. It's still hard and enflamed and painful to the touch.

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.

How am I going to stick my facecheek into the hot water though. I can't hold my breath for that long 😛 I'll figure out a way.

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.

 

[mcvickj]

Wear a snorkel while taking a bath. 😛

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem

Originally posted by: CPA

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem

Originally posted by: CPA

Originally posted by: Mwilding
time to draw a bullseye on your bathroom mirror

I've been squeezing and squeezing this thing, but only a little puss and blood comes out. It's still hard and enflamed and painful to the touch.

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.

How am I going to stick my facecheek into the hot water though. I can't hold my breath for that long 😛 I'll figure out a way.

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.

 

[Lola]

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

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
An infected hair follicle that swells and when infected becomes an abscess.

Thank you both. 🙂 I learned something new today.

 

[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 🙂

 

[nwfsnake]

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.

 

[MrWizzard]

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...

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem

Originally posted by: CPA

Originally posted by: Mwilding
time to draw a bullseye on your bathroom mirror

I've been squeezing and squeezing this thing, but only a little puss and blood comes out. It's still hard and enflamed and painful to the touch.

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.

Well I'm hungry....anyone up for some lunch?

 

[wheresmybacon]

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!

 

[Zysoclaplem]

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem

Originally posted by: CPA

Originally posted by: Mwilding
time to draw a bullseye on your bathroom mirror

I've been squeezing and squeezing this thing, but only a little puss and blood comes out. It's still hard and enflamed and painful to the touch.

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.

Well I'm hungry....anyone up for some lunch?

Hot creamy potato soup sounds good.

 

[OrByte]

I had one recently right in the mid section where your belt buckle rests ...talk aabout agony! It felt like an ice pick digging into my intestines everytime i moved!

 

[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?!? 😕 😕

 

[jupiter57]

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.

 

[crt1530]

Let the Jews go. Duh!