Can you pop a boil?

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• madnes Posts: 1,081

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  21/04/13 - 16:13 #2

  potatolegs wrote: »

  I have 2 quite large boils on my back and they are really hurting.
  There are no heads on them. Can I pop them with a sterilised needle without leaving scars?

  
  Leave it to the professionals go the walk in center for some advice. I had emergency surgery under a general on Thursday as 3 boils turned out to be a cyst which burst under the skin.

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• potatolegs Posts: 5,099

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  21/04/13 - 17:45 #3

  madnes wrote: »

  Leave it to the professionals go the walk in center for some advice. I had emergency surgery under a general on Thursday as 3 boils turned out to be a cyst which burst under the skin.

  
  Ouch that sounds very painful...
  
  If these don't get a head soon I'm going to have to pop them if the professionals don't give any real advice as they are hurting so much.

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• stvn758 Posts: 19,656

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  21/04/13 - 17:53 #4

  I tried this with a small red lumpy spot, stuck a needle in and all that came out was blood, if you are expecting a vulcano of pus to conveniently flow out you might be disappointed, boils can be dangerous and you might spread the infection.

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• stud u like Posts: 42,100

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  21/04/13 - 17:56 #5

  Boils need medical attention.

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• susie-4964 Posts: 23,143

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  21/04/13 - 17:58 #6

  potatolegs wrote: »

  I have 2 quite large boils on my back and they are really hurting.
  There are no heads on them. Can I pop them with a sterilised needle without leaving scars?

  
  If they haven't come to a head, you can't pop them anyway, as there's nothing to pop. Try soaking a cloth in very hot water, as hot as you can bear, and laying that on the boils, it sometimes encourages them to come to a head, when they'll probably pop themselves anyway. I wouldn't advise using a needle, sterile or otherwise, particularly for a boil on the back, where you can't see it properly. You'll just spread the infection. You need professional advice, as you might require a course of antibiotics.

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• Aarghawasp! Posts: 6,205

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  21/04/13 - 22:45 #7

  You could try drawing it to a head with magnesium sulphate paste from the chemist.

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• pinkyponk34 Posts: 1,244

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  22/04/13 - 00:01 #8

  stud u like wrote: »

  Boils need medical attention.

  
  No they don't, you leave them alone, the body will deal with boils and will dissapate in a few days in their own good time, if you burst or lance them they will leave a pock-mark.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 8,415

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  22/04/13 - 03:04 #9

  pinkyponk34 wrote: »

  No they don't, you leave them alone, the body will deal with boils and will dissapate in a few days in their own good time, if you burst or lance them they will leave a pock-mark.

  
  From experience that is a load of bollocks ...

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• Joey Boswell Posts: 25,141

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  22/04/13 - 03:11 #10

  No leave them alone, go and get some medical help, dont do anything your self.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 32,379

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  22/04/13 - 03:31 #11

  Aarghawasp! wrote: »

  You could try drawing it to a head with magnesium sulphate paste from the chemist.

  
  That was the treatment I had. It took some days and then it was lanced.

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• madnes Posts: 1,081

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  22/04/13 - 23:01 #12

  potatolegs wrote: »

  Ouch that sounds very painful...
  
  If these don't get a head soon I'm going to have to pop them if the professionals don't give any real advice as they are hurting so much.

  
  A 3 cm width and 1.5 cm deep open wound which is being packed daily. Not painful just annoying. I started antibiotics today. Next time I am getting them sorted before getting to the stage of an op! HA HA

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• Caldari Posts: 5,890

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  22/04/13 - 23:13 #13

  I believe you lance a boil, so firstly you'll need to source a thermic lance.

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