Zit Or Boil?

[EvianBaby]

I've got what looked like a zit on my back but I'm starting to think it might be a boil.

It's been soooo painful today and the fact it's right where my bra strap sits makes life difficult. And more painful.

It's hard to get a real look at it being in the centre of my back but it looks pretty large, red and has a head on it. (Soz for being gross)

Should I try and get it looked at? I'm at Wembley tomorrow night and there's no way I'm missing that but Christ it hurts!

[lcg]

p.s. get baby wipes/face cloths for cleaning while you are bursting it, stab the boil where you think the head is and don't squeeze it like the prat in the video.....you need to get either side and squeeze from the bottom of the boil outwards - if you push down on it, you will not get all the crap out and push more goo deeper.....resulting in another boil. also squeeze from more than one angle.....do it top/bottom and side to side....or again some goo will be left in there to fester.

[EvianBaby]

Lcg, she did all that, including the needle. She just couldn't get it all out at the time because I kept flinching.

[sandyRoe]

Don't know anything about the boil, but what's on at Wembley?

[EvianBaby]

Robbie Williams, Sandy. Though I'm not a massive fan of his. But Olly Murs is supporting him. I like him. He's cute and wears tight trousers :)

[ummmm]

You have a boil on your back so you're bound to pull tonight :-)

[EvianBaby]

That actually wouldn't be the first time Ummm! Lol

[divegirl]

No advice.. well I did have but it's all too late now lol... but

Robbie is amazing live!!!! It will be a brilliant night, have fun!

Lisa x

[EvianBaby]

Thanks Lisa. Even though I'm not his biggest fan I'm really excited about :)

[Eve]

Ahhh very jealous about you seeing Robbie, he was here the other week in Manchester and was crazy busy round town for the 4 nights he was playing.

There is stuff you can get to draw it out, this paste stuff but it's a bit gross and, for me, didn't really help much and the top came off it in my bag and it wasn't pretty.

I never try and burst mine, let them sort themselves out, but keep an eye on it, I had one for two months and it persisted despite a couple of courses of antibiotics and ended up feeling really ill and getting admitted to hospital and having it surgically removed.

Hot water is good. Try and run the shower on it as hot as you can bare. Difficult place to hold anything on really and you don't want anything pressing down on it.

Little square dressing plasters would be good for it, gentle over it with room to breathe but sealed round the edges in case it bursts. You can get waterproof ones, can't think what the ones I got were called but they were in a green box in Superdrug.

When it does go I'd make sure the area is as clean as possible, antiseptic spray etc... you can get cheap sprays (easier for reaching) from places like Quality Save.

Hope it sorts itself soon, I get lots of them and they aren't nice x

[carrust]

I'd rather have the boil than see Robbie Williams:-)