Despite my well-known issues with skin troubles I have NEVER had a “labial zit” or indeed any such thing in my crotch.
Go figger.
Be grateful, Broomstick. They may not be anything like as bad as your hideous staph infection horrors, but that zit I had there once hurt like craaaaaaaaazy.
I lance mine. Although I tend to get ingrown hairs more than actual zits, and they occasionally get infected. In these cases, I have to lance them then flip the hair out with a needle, then pluck the bastard. I’ve become quite adept at self-surgery.
ok. I can’t really make a new thread re: this & its kinda related.
Labial pimples are discussed. But what about labial skin tabs?
One has occurred on my wife’s labia majora lip in less than 2 weeks time. Its about 1/8 of an inch long, thin at the base but strongly attached, and according to her It Hurts Like Hell. I told her to make a visit to the Gyn, but she says her Gyn will just snip/yank it off and make my wife scream bloody murder in pain.
In a prior thread, I seem to remember someone tying thread around the base of one very tightly to cut off the blood flow & letting the tab drop off naturally. But is that safe to advise near vagina, where bacteria & infection are a serious danger?
Has anyone heard of this or discovered a merciful solution? My wife has a very very low pain threshold…
Count Blucher, is there any possibility your wife could talk to her OB ahead of time and arrange for some pain and relaxation meds prior to the minor surgery? This is a strategy I’ve used to good results. When my OB wanted to do a uterine biopsy, without meds, I absolutely refused. She acquiesced and gave me two Darvocets and a half mg of Xanax to take an hour before the appointment (of course this had to be done on a day my hubby could drive me). It still hurt, but by then, I didn’t care much.
Ooh! Good one!
Count Blucher: Norinew’s right. Your wife should contact her doc and advise her of the issue in advance. Perhaps a topical, then a local anesthetic could be given or something. Most docs are well aware that pain and fear of pain can discourage people from getting needed care, and will take reasonable steps to mitigate that.
Of course, if her doc is a “just deal with it, you wimp” type…well, time to get a new doc.
Thank you Norinew and Green Bean. I’ll ask her again, but…
Her Doc is female & delivered both our kids. There’s a big trust attachment there that I dare not try to sever, but the Doc is really ‘no-nonsense’ in a way that comes close to what Green Bean mentioned. Doc routinely makes my wife wait 3-4 hours for each appointment (do to over booking?) and last time tried a big sales pitch on my wife akin to some kind of sales pyramid scheme.
(What is it about sucky economies that always brings back around those damn pyramid schemes…?)
My head says she should try a new Doc… but my heart knows she won’t.
68 messages and no one has posted a request for pictures.
We’re losing our touch, folks.
When possible, I “pre-treat” with a warm/hot washcloth to soften the skin first…if they’re just below the surface, this usually works. Soaking in a tub also works. For those ultra pesky ones, a sterilized needle to breach the skin usually does the trick.
ETA @clothahump: I thought about it but then the info in the “spoiler” dissuaded me :eek:
It’s not a vaginal pimple, it’s a vulvar pimple. Can we keep the terminology correct? Outside is vulva; inside is vagina. Vulvar pimples are common (or so I gather from this thread; damned if I’m going to do a survey!); vaginal pimples should be impossible (true pimples, that is, as opposed to abscesses and other nastinesses). Speaking as the owner of a vagina, I hope to hell they are impossible; nostril pimples are bad enough.
I don’t know if I call that winning! 
But thanks anyway.
And I too vote no on the pics for this thread.
However, if you just want to send pics of your vagina and penis for me to comment on - feel free! I used to host an internet sex show and give people honest reviews of their “equipment” or at least reviews of the pics they felt compelled to use when discussing their anatomy with internet strangers for the purposes of cyber-flirtation. . . .
Great, years without one, and I go to the Big E, spend the day outside sweating, sitting in a wheelchair and now I have one.
GO the fuck away. I’m never opening a zit thread again!
yeah, right. we’ll see how long that lasts
My sweetie is squeamish - and, not to be indelicate here, but if someone who isn’t a medical professional is going to be stabbing at my girly bits with a pointy object, I want that person to be me. I can tell when I’ve poked far enough but not too far, thanks. That distinction is a difficult one for people who are not me to make. At least without cues that involve me saying things like “harder, harder, omgsonofabitch too hard”. Playing the hot and cold game in this situation is… less fun than it could be
Granted, this particular variety of zit is trickier than usual to get at (I need a flashlight and a hand mirror, myself - as well as something to put one leg up on), but one can still deal with it personally.
Well thank you very much. Look what you did.
You made my vagina cry. 
You ARE Linda Blair, and I claim my £5…
I took fertility shots for a while - Subcutaneous and IM, and my husband was fantastic about it. I used to get tickled, because he’d do a little “X marks the spot” deal on my hip/upper buttock to make sure he was in the right area. He’d then give me a warning, and pinch! it’d be over.
I love that man.
We celebrate our 21st anniversary next Friday.
So, I was about halfway through the thread and thinking, “Fucking owl”? What does an owl have to do with vaginal zits?
Um, am I the only one who…doesn’t pop zits? Granted, I’ve never gotten one on my nether regions, but if I get one, I just leave it alone and it goes away. Or I put medication on it and it goes away.
You’re weird. I go after those suckers with a passion. Nothing like a good zit-popping to make your morning!