# Help! Boil cure?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-boil-cure/3786>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 7, 1999, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-boil-cure/3786 "1999-10-07T15:25:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Crude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Crude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Crude)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 1999, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-boil-cure/3786/21 "1999-10-08T13:09:00Z")

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## boil Cure? Oooh, Robert Smith will be awfully upset … 😉

–Da Cap’n

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 1999, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-boil-cure/3786/22 "1999-10-08T14:26:00Z")

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Most of you seem to be talking about what to do if you get them. I would prefer what to do to prevent them.

Everyone has Staph. But the body can often handle it. Some people because of genes or stress, can’t. For them, an antibiotic is necessary for some time.

Lancing is what the doctors do somethings [Also liquid nitrogen put on them is sometimes used]. However, let me state, lancing is NOT always what I would suggest. They cause huge scars when lanced & the skin there may stay blue for a long time. Thus, it works to prevent them in the first place.

Retina-A is a extremely high concentration & is quite successful but has other effects [IE you cant bein the sun much].

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