Recently found a hard, painful lump on upper part of vagina

[KS1741]

Hello, I am a 28 year old female. Yesterday, I discovered a somewhat hard, swollen painful lump underneath the skin of the upper part of my left vaginal "lip". I tried examing it but was so sore just barely putting my fingers on either side of the lump to feel it was very painful, it also did not have a head. It was a little swollen on the top off the skin, but pretty much invisible to see. This morning I went into the bathroom and I mashed it. When it finally popped a TON of liquidy pus came out along with some blood. I mashed a few more times and got a pretty good bit out. This was about 7 hours ago. Right now it is not near as sore, but I can still feel a hardness inside of it. Also the drainage smelled AWFUL! No lie, I was gagging. My aunt is a nurse so I asked her, she said possible cluster of ingrown hair follicles. I just want to make sure it is nothing very serious I should worry about. The drainage reminded me of the drainage from a staff infection I had many years ago. The area is still red, swollen, but not as bad I don't think, and is still almost invisible to see. I read about cysts, but most say they are not painful. Has anyone else had this problem? Or can shed some light on if this is serious or will heal soon? Thank you?

[Caryopteris]

This sounds infected.  It could be a sebaceous cyst or some other kind of cyst, but it should be cleaned out so it doesn't get worse.  If it gets more painful and more sore or hot, it's getting worse.  Herbs that are helpful to take by mouth for healing include turmeric and nigella sativa oil or capsules.