I had a large boil under my armpit, about the size of a golf ball. The doctor said that if it didn't drain in two days, I had to get it lanced. No way was I going to do that. My chemist gave me Magnoplasm and I put on a thick amount applied to gauze and stuck it on the boil. 6 hours later, the boil oozed out and went for two days. Very effective. I also took Panadeine for the pain and antibiotics. All good. Best treatment ever. Don't go through the pain of lancing when you doen't have to.

I have now been suffering with boils for 5 months, blood tests and everything have been done, but with no results, I have gone to see an infectious disease expert and his findings were that there is sometimes no reason for what is happening. I have had 5 boils in five months and I am 34 years old. The doctor put me on doxicillin permanently at 100 mg a day and asked that I cleansed at least one a week with a high quality antibacterial soap. I was tested positive once for a staph infection during the last 5 months. Since the treatment I have had no large boils.

I had a boil in my groin lanced and given antibiotics the next morning I could stand up straight. I went to the ER and was diagnosed with bacterial endocarditis and spinal stenosis .I had bacterial endocarditis in 1991 and was told I had no vegetation. Had mitral valve repair in 1997. Several physicians said I did not have bacterial endocarditis.

I am a 50 year old healthy male. 'Boil' was a dreaded word for me for ages. I suffered a lot due to this, the appearance of the boil on my body was an almost continuous process. If one is drained out another will appear. I was even scared that I was infected with some incurable ailment. All tests were done but no relief from boils. I had actually started loosing all hope, then one medicine worked wonders for me. It called T Bact Muprocin Ointment USP, which I applied in the nostrils regularly for about a month. This medicine worked great. I am sharing this only to help those who are suffering from boils like I did for years. Now I have not had a single boil in the past year.

I had a bad boil on my right arm close to my arm pit a couple of months ago, and it got infected. I started to get a rash on my hands and it was itchy and very sore.

I have had a Boil on my tail bone twice. I have found that sitting on a hot pack works as it will assist in bursting the boil. My burst while at work, after sitting on a hot pack for about 30 minutes. I then went to the doctor who drained it out and put me on antibiotics.

I have been getting boils in the crevice and on the surface of my buttocks since I was about 10 years old (I am 15 now). I didn't tell anybody about it at first (not even my parents, really) because I was embarrassed. I did eventually tell my mom, but she's not sure what to do about it either. I'm terrified at the idea of surgery but I'm afraid that I'll have no choice. My brother (who's 12) is also beginning to get boils in that region.

II used to get boils all the time. Then I started to take one capsule of vitamin A daily. It helps fight off the infection from the boil.