I special ordered PRID for people several times when I was in retail pharmacy. It shouldn’t be used on an open wound, and some people really swear by it for psoriasis and other skin rashes.
The thing that doctors (and dentists too, if they do root canals) must brace themselves for is the smell. Some of them smell really, really bad. I had a root canal a couple years ago, and I was afraid of that more than anything; my fears were unfounded, because there was no smell. But some people have told me that when their abscess was opened, or the pulp chamber was entered, it smelled like someone broke open a cesspool :eek:, and they thought, “That was in my body? No wonder I felt so terrible!”
Sorry about the golf joke, glad you’re getting better. On the drawing, I was proved wrong once on substances added that turn out to be bad for your case, so I won’t go for two. That said, what about a clean hot wet wash cloth applied to the surface?
The old school barbers used to wrap them on faces to open pores before shaving. Even if it only has the placebo “spa effect” of feeling nice, it doesn’t sound like it would hurt you or cost you money.
The abscess is still draining, but the red area is a little smaller today than yesterday. My fever broke, so I’m feeling a lot better than I was. Putting heat on it six times a day is getting annoying, but I want that sucker gone.
This doesn’t see to be the overgrown sebaceous gland boil.
There are the swollen sebaceous gland cyst boils… some doctors suggest the gland should be removed so that it doesn’t just instantly reform as a cyst… But its not always required to excise the gland, as the bacteria produce poisons which kills the gland material anyway!!
Who knows, perhaps the insides will turn liquid (the bacteria produced toxins and killed it all) and form a big hole, and perhaps it will all just heal up straight away. (the bacteria didn’t poison the flesh.)
There is a hole now! OMG, no one told me anything about a hole. This freaks me out more than the spreading redness, the pain, and the pus. THERE IS A HOLE IN MY SHOULDER.
I would go to your local pharmacy and ask the pharmacist about getting a couple hydrocolloid dressings. They’re like bandages but they help maintain a wet environment that promotes granulation and angiogenesis. In other words, they help rebuild the missing tissue. Hand on my heart, I had a bigger hole than that in my shoulder in february and all that’s left is a scab and I used hydrocolloid dressings.
I’ve never heard of these, but I’m going to see if anyone around here carries them. A quick Google search tells me that a lot of people with adhesive allergies (which I have) don’t have a reaction to hydrocolloid dressings. If that turns out to be true for me, I can honestly say you’ve changed my life, Inner Stickler. Thanks!
You can see as time progressed, the hole got shallower and shallower. It’s currently a little knob of scab sitting on top of perfectly normal-looking skin. I think there might be a slight scar or some discoloration where the scab is but my body completely fixed the hole.
I had a freakin’ canyon where mine was, but it healed up to a scar so thin that most people don’t notice it unless I point it out. Remember, there’s still some swelling present. It WILL look better and it WILL heal up!
Ha! Me too. This is just the most bizarre video, with the audience, the black gloves, the whole backyard scene and most of all, the guy with the boob growing on his back. I want so badly to know how long it took to grow that monster.
I’m also curious about his plans for the golf ball-sized unit on his shoulder. Another party perhaps?
Sorry, I did mention that the scar is likely to be a divot - that’s from the remnants of the hole.
It really isn’t as bad as it looks, I swear. You’re comparing it to an area that’s both swollen and raised from your normal skin level. It will settle back down.
Bodies are good at filling in holes. Just keep an eye on it so it doesn’t seal back over with nasty still stuck inside it.
Seems to me the gloves are a sanitation measure - I mean, washing your hands in someone else’s pus is probably not the best thing to do. And doing the “expressing” outside makes a lot of sense - the next rain will wash the erupting pus off the trees and other foliage, you won’t have to wash off floors, walls, ceilings, furniture…
