boils or ingrown hair?

[xmaggiex]

Every once in awhile , I get these bumps, not really sure if they are boils but the doctor says they are ingrown hairs. They swell up and are very painful to touch. Since I started getting them, I've had one appear in my underarm, the rest either appear in my inner thigh or above my public line. I've even had two going on at once on each inner thigh. Hot compresses seem to help, but it hurts so much, I've tried topical creams and other liquids, each and every one leaves a nasty scar behind. Does anyone know for sure what they might be or what causes/prevents them?

[emmajayy89]

Hello all. I recently had a boil at the top of my pubic hair line SO PAINFUL! I didn't think it was an ingrown hair because I make sure I stay bare down there. It started off small about two or three months ago. Today was about the size of a dime. It popped so easily I almost didn't feel it. But after it burst it was so painful and hard. I took a warm shower thinking that would ease it but it didn't. So finally I started squeezing it....it was painful but WORTH IT. A hard substance came out first and as I pulled it a hair about an inch long came out. It was still kinda hard so I pushed more and another hair came out about an inch long. Then as I kept squeezing and the pain and swelling went down and just a little bit of blood mixed with a clear substance came out.

I believe what you guys have is an ingrown hair especially if it keeps coming and going; it probably becomes more noticeable when the hair starts growing. It may be painful but I'd rather go through 5 minutes of pain rather than months of embarrasment :)

[Candii40242]

Im a teen, I started shaving down there when i was 14ish. Then a bump appeared on the lip of my vagina...I freaked out and thought it was an STD but I didnt start having sex until 15. And when i did he was a virgin. Um I want to know how to make it go away forever! I used toothpaste because it dries it up.But still kinda remains. Help!

[helpparanoid]

Hey all...
i have a similar story. I got a bump on my bikini area, it was a bit more bumpier a few weeks ago. today it has gone down and it feels like an ingrown with hair growing on the side of it.
however, its healing and like now it has a healing scab on top of it, dry skin.
im not sure what it is...
could you guys give me  heads up?

[panifullyconcerned]

I just wanted to say I have been suffering from HS as I know it now since the birth of my second child. The first one was the size of a golfball going along the outer outer vagina lip.(not sure what its called). It became so big and painfull I couldn't walk. I set down with a needle and bloody white yellowish puss came gushing out. It felt so much better but I was left with a hole that closed over a week. I have one right now that is making it hard to walk and sometimes sleep. It hasnt came to a head as of yet but I plain on doing the sitz bath and hot compress. I have had smaller ones over the past 9yrs but this is the second one that has gotten this size and almost in the same area. So yes this is a problem and the medical community needs to do more research on this. You all are not along!!

[blahblahgirl]

Ive had the same thing under my arm they look,like a pimple, i went to the doctor before about it and it  is staff. A lot of people mistake it but really there is staff all over your bodie and if you do squeez it, it can lead to horrible PAIN. Clean whatever it is a lot daily, it can be beacues of sweat under the arm too.

[Jazzzi]

I am 16, and get very soar underarms where a hair has become ingrown, when it gets too painful i burst/squeeze them and hook out the hair with a pin, then i puck it, however after doing this, it gets really soar and hurts when i move my arm. Its a total nightmare, and they continue becoming ingrown because after removing it, it becomes so soar it bleeds and the next hair just grows into the scab. ARGHHH, by prom is really soon and i dont want my pits to look all scabby!!! help!