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Hot Compresses 4 times a day for 15 minutes and ensure that you keep the area clean and disinfected. The worst thing is getting it reinfected and going through it all over again. When you have a boil if it is being stubborn and not popping after a week see a doctor. It is not worth messing around with this large swollen mass that is ruling your life. Lancing the boil sucks ..... trust me it is sooo painfull but they sent me home with antibodics and pain pills. I just had my first boil... the boil from hell. The top drained and then it stopped draining and was soooo painfull and the infection was so deep that I had to go to the doctor and get it taken care of. These are no joke - and depending where they are on your body these things can become major problems.
Tg I have never had one on my face,they can leave deep ugly scars if not treated properly. I sadly get them in the crease of my groin from front to back ugh!!! The first one I got went on for wks,ends up being the size or my thumb I drained almost 3/4 of a cup of bloody puss from it. Left a good size pock mark in my left groin, damn it was very deep and took about 3mo to heal. I didn't have the knowledge I do now 6 yes 6 yrs later. It seems to be a pattern about wk b4 my period I get a boil somewhere in my groin crease left right it doesn't matter every month same time most are small slightly painful and go "away" on their own. But they don't really go away they just get smaller and don't hurt anymore but the staph infection I still there, your body has done all it can at that point. I have found that is why I get them repetitively in the same spots. You must expell aka bring to head and fully drain, fully drain the spot to get,the infection out fully. I use a drawing salve like Prids and a hot yes hot compress and also lemon juice compress there. Bring it to head let it open on it own unless you have a very high tolerance for pain, it will be gross sometimes smelly and very painfull. You must,at that point keep it clean and make sure it fully drains by still using a drawing salve or antibiotic ointment and still again a hot compress to draw blood to the area to heal and draw out the infection. Like I said it has been 6yrs so far but with my current knowledge I think and hope this will be my almost last occurrence.. It is extremely hard to cure a staph infection but it can be done with proper hygiene and care, I have my,fingers crossed that that's s will be my second to last one ever. I say second to last one because I have two RN on in the front right upper groin crease and one about an inch from my,anus on my left very inner but check. Have expelled but not fully drained the one in my front groin and am now trying to expell the one near my but hole. So very painful to walk, sit or sit on the toilet. You will need some kind of drawing salve, I use smileys prid,it stinks its tacky and brown and hard to keep on your skin depending on the area. A very clean cloth or cotton ball for a hot water or cold lemon juice compress, be careful not to burn yourself with the hot water or lemon juice. Lemon juice is an acid and will literally burn through your skin,given enough time. Once expelled continue with drawing salve and your choice of a topical expectorant aka hot compress or lemon juice. I also like to use isopropyl alcohol as the damp for my hot compress. I dampen a rag or cotton ball and nuke it for a minute so it is very,hot and the heat plus alcohol kills germs. Hope this helps, it helps me every month, btw might want buy a fade cream for any any possible dark spots or possible scarring. Best of luck, if not treated properly this could be a chronic condition. You can google how to treat boils homeopathically, check it out it will change your life and how you treat the annoying boils in your life.
After each bath clean the boil with hydrogen peroxide and do not wear underwear if its there just some loose pants will do. You will need 2 days rest at a minimum so that you dont rub it nor sweat around there.
During the day get a bowl with warm to hot water and dissolve epsom salt again and use a clean cloth and place it on the boil until it gets cold and redue this about 5 times.
Take tylenol if you have some pain.
Everytime you use the washroom make sure to clean it with hydrogen peroxide.
Mine was pretty large and during the night it drained on its own. After 3 days.
Once it drains or is draining take one more bath with epsom salt right away so that it can fully drain. Once your out of the bath clean the puss or blood out by dabbing a clean cloth on it. Once u think its mostly gone clean it with SALINE (salt water) and pack a wet gauze of providone iodine (brown liquid) on the boil and pack a few dry and clean gauze pads over it and you can now hold it in place with underwear or some tight pants not too tight of course.
Everytime you use the washroom repeat these steps for cleaning starting from cleaning the area with SALINE ETC.
Ps. If the boil is in the groin area and it hurts to close your legs once you force them closed it wont hurt as much lay on your side and close the legs it also helps put pressure on the boil which will bring it to a head quicker. You can apply vaseline on it after you've cleaned it with hydrogen peroxide.
Hope this helps everyone.