lump at pubic area

I'm 18 and a while ago I found a pimple (looked like a zit) on my pubic area so I decided to squeeze it. A few days(I think) later there was a lump. It was really painful but then I soon forgot about it altogether after the pain stopped. Recently I noticed that the lump is still there but bigger and a little tender. Its in the same spot the pimple was in. I don't know what it is. This lump is tender and a little hard-ish As well as under the skin. I don't want to go to the doctor as I feel scared it might be something silly.

Please PLEASE help!!

[realstuff]

well, if you shave it could just be an infected hair follicle. they can get pretty festered and look like something awful sometimes. i had one that i was sure was an std, or cancer or something (slight hypochondriac lol) so i went to my gyno terrified that i was terminally ill or had a disease and he told me it was just a really infected hair lol. but, yours could be anything from that to allergies, incect bite, ect. it's always best to have a dr take a looki, better safe than sorry