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Suggest Remedy For The Ingrown Hairs With Pus Discharge

i have two ingrown hairs, well atleast thats what i think it was, they started off really small and swelled up pretty big, it hurts if i wear pants, or stand or even sit and i'm not to sure what to do, when i took a bath a yellowy puss started to come out if i squeezed it how do i get the bump to go down and get rid of this?
posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Hi!! According to your history you seem to have developed furuncle which is a bacterial infection. I recommend my patients to take oral antibiotics and anti inflammatory drugs and apply topical antibiotic on the bumps. This will help in resolving the infection.
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Suggest Remedy For The Ingrown Hairs With Pus Discharge

Hi!! According to your history you seem to have developed furuncle which is a bacterial infection. I recommend my patients to take oral antibiotics and anti inflammatory drugs and apply topical antibiotic on the bumps. This will help in resolving the infection.