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Suggest Treatment For Boils On Pubic Area
I have a couple areas on my bikini line that have holes covered by some skin. I m not sure what to do. I don t know if it was a boil that popped or what. I did have a staph infection a couple years ago that still comes and goes. Is there anything I can do about that weird hole with the skin?
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Tue, 7 Oct 2014
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Hi
You seem to have developed folliculitis over the groin region .
This is basically an infection of the root of hair follicles .
You need to Keep the affected area clean and dry
Wash the affected area with lukewarm saline water twice daily.
Apply a topical antibiotic cream like neosporin or mupirocin over the lesion twice daily.
You might need a course of oral antibiotics if the lesion still tends to persist or increase .
Dr Geetika Paul
You seem to have developed folliculitis over the groin region .
This is basically an infection of the root of hair follicles .
You need to Keep the affected area clean and dry
Wash the affected area with lukewarm saline water twice daily.
Apply a topical antibiotic cream like neosporin or mupirocin over the lesion twice daily.
You might need a course of oral antibiotics if the lesion still tends to persist or increase .
Dr Geetika Paul
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