painful pimple like bump on inside of outer labia

Dita · Newbie Joined: 06 Dec 2006 Posts: 1

I have a small bump on the inside of my outer labia. The best description I can think of for it is a pimple. The kind of pimple that is under the skin so it hurts a lot when it is touched. The bump I have just showed up this morning. It wasn't there yesterday and I just noticed it after I woke up because it hurt a little when I walked. I did run a short distance in my jeans without underwear on (which isn't typical but I didn't have time to find underwear, something urgent just came up and I had to go) so that have irritated the area but I'm not sure. It isn't really off color or anything. There is a really tiny, pin-point spot right in the middle of the bump that is a darker red then the rest of the area but that is the only thing that is abnormal about the color. It does hurt though when it's touched and it’s not like a raw part of the skin, it is a bump. I have read some things about glands swelling and wondering if that is all it is. I’m just not sure because everything I have read on here talks about more than one bump and I only have one. So if anyone has anything that would help me please let me know.

sympathetic woman · Newbie Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Posts: 1

don't worry, the first time this happened to me I was at majorette camp when i was in jr. high.....talk about being scared.....called my mom crying my eyes out.....luckely my mom is a nurse and she new what to do, but only after i got home. It's a cyst. Now the right thing to do is to go to the doctor. If your like me you don't want a doctor doing anything to you down there involving needles or scalpels or whatever they do. Now since jr. high i have had several of these and its completely normal.....i prefer "operating" on my self instead of someone else. Sometime if your lucky you can just sqeeze it and it will rupture......BUT...... there have been times when i've had to lance it to rupture it....i prefer using an insulin syringe cuz they are really short and thin needles so they don't hurt as bad. I know this sounds gross but my mom had a freind that left hers alone and didn't go to the doctor just cuz she hated doctors and her kept getting bigger and bigger til it literally became the size of an orange. So take care of it early and put some triple anti-bacterial ointment or something like that afterward.

vetmed · Newbie Joined: 30 Apr 2007 Posts: 3

Is it possible that it re-occurs in the same place a month later?? because the first post describes exactly what i had, and now i feel like im getting it again.. ??

thanks

Guest · Guest

I found this very usefull. I also have a cyst on my inner thigh as describe above but they've been comming back about every 2 months or so, I usually just squeze them out or use a pin with alcohol

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Guest · Guest

if it's recurring it will be a good idea to go to the doctor. If you think about it is it usual to keep getting a pimple on teh same spot? but im not suree about cysts, but the doc can never be wrong...i even made my doc look at a zit on my butt cheek and to my releif he said it was just a zit and laughed at me. So checkit out!

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I've also had exactly the same thing and it's put my mind at rest reading this as I've got one at the moment and am a bit of a hypochondriac! Sometimes it can be an ingrown hair, especially if it's on the bikini line but the best thing to do is keep it clean with an antibacterial cream and lance it if it becomes too big or painful. If you squeeze it and produce only blood then hold some tissue on it until the bleeding stops and leave it alone - it should either go down by itself or is just not ready to be lanced yet.

As always - if in doubt go to the doctor, but cysts and ingrown hairs are quite common and go away fairly quickly.

Animal13lover · Newbie Joined: 22 Dec 2007 Posts: 2

OMG! I just submitted a post on the SAME exact thing.. and you described it SOOO much better.. except I just popped mine and it feels a lot better now.. so I dont know if it was a pimple or a cyst? I didnt know that you could pop cysts... but after reading the other comments I guess you can...

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