More user remedies on Boils


I've been there...
suggested by [unspecified] on Tuesday, December 26, 2006

I feel your pain! I've been getting boils on my inner thighs and privates for several years now. When I get them on my privates, I change my underwear at least 3 times a day and apply boil ease so I can function at work. When I'm home, a tea bag does the trick. Never try to break a boil yourself that's not ready (it only makes it hurt more the next day).

tumeric!
suggested by [unspecified] on Thursday, December 21, 2006

taking tumeric 1 teaspoon of tumeric three times a daywill get rid of acne/boils it will make them dissappear!! make sure you use some kind of laxitive as it will stop you up. also you might have the tendency to get a yeast infection while taking the tumeric pau'd'arco and acidopholus should help with the yeast

mangosteen
suggested by [unspecified] on Thursday, December 21, 2006

i get boils and have since i was in jr high. for years i have struggeled with this im taking mangosteen juice 1oz in the am 1oz in the pm 12 hrs apart it works!!no boils no acne!i want to move to thiland so i can be near the mangosteen tree!!cures staph infection/mrsa i dont konw what happens when you stop taking it i wont let that happen.i will never be without mangosteen i love it so much!!!

Tea Bag
suggested by Teresa on Wednesday, December 20, 2006

trust me, dip a tea bag in HOT water, apply to the boil. Repeat this 2 or three times. By morning, it WILL drain. I have suffered for years. This is the only thing that has helped.

Using bacon
suggested by [unspecified] on Monday, December 18, 2006

Place a strip of raw bacon over the boil at bedtime and the next day it will begin to drain. Hope this works for you.

Potato cure...
suggested by Holly on Thursday, December 7, 2006

I get boild quite often and I understand the pain! My mom showed me this trick and I promise it works almost over night! Take a whole potato, cut it in half. Then put 1/2 potato over boil. Secure potato with strong tape or gauze. I do this at bedtime, then in the morning when I take off the potato, the boil's head has turned black. The potato somehow takes out the infection. The boil should be gone by doing this. Hope this trick works for ya'll.

Boil Ease
suggested by renee on Tuesday, December 5, 2006

I have had boils forever, since I was in junior high school. They a re very irritating, I have had them under my arms, on the privates and the behind and under my breasts. I have been to the doctors numerous of times trying to figure out the best way to make them disappear. For me the best way is to use Boil Ease which can be brought at any drug store, this brings them to a head and drains them, I also use heating pads and hot towels. These remedies help when the boils occur, but what I really would like to know the best thing to do to make them stop coming period. The are pretty gross, painful, and embarrassing.

Epsom Salt
suggested by [unspecified] on Friday, December 1, 2006

Boils on the bikini line is what I call the death of ones sex life. I suffered with this since i was 16 and now nearly 40. I was told by doctors that it had to do with my sweat glands getting infected. There are the certain glands that are in your groin and under arms and under the breast and this is where the boils commonly occur. Where ever the boil can find a way to release, the infection will make its path. I have had everything from having my bikini line cut several time a year which was a great relief but has my bikini line looking horrible and is a big embarrassment but relieved the extreme pain I was in to now, finding a doctor whom gives me cordizone shots with an antibiotic that is low mg that I take every day for 6 months to help the infections. So, what I do, is anything...I even, believe it or not, put don't laugh, hemorrhoid cream on it which believe it or not, took down the swelling! I was also told to put a cloth in the microwave so it gets warm NOT extremely HOT and then laying it on my bikini line as this will make it pop. Epsom Salts in a nice bath will bring it to a head and believe it or not I also heard of using a damp tea bag. So, I guess by what you read it is evident that I have been desperate for many years for help. I am sure that DIET is a big part of this as well as I know that when I eat starchy foods I suffer. One day I would love to see a nutritionist and a plastic surgeon....to get my confidence back. I don't wish this problem on my worst enemy.

Tomato Paste
suggested by [unspecified] on Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Apply Hunts tomato paste on gauze pad. Put it on the boil and tape air tight. leave it on for one day and remove. Let the boil be exposed to the air. It will pop in about 4 hours.

Home Remedy
suggested by [unspecified] on Wednesday, January 25, 2006

i had a REALLY bad boil on my bikini line i couldn't even walk it was almost as big as a golf ball!! and it was gone in 1 day this is what i did 1st I put hydrogen peroxide on it,then neosporin after like 20 min i took a HOT bath with EPSOM SALT soaked in there for like 20 min, then i put a damp towel on it and put a heating pad on the towel for a long time, and by the time i woke up it was draining and i could walk