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Extremely Painful Ump Under The Skin Of Underarm, With A Hair Sticking Out. Solution For Pain?
I have a small somewhat ball-like under the skin of my underarm and it hurts a lot, I tried squeezing it (I know that s not a good thing to do, but hey..it really hurts and I just wanted it to be gone) and a couple of days later, I found a hair sticking outside and when I pulled it out, it was like 1.5-2 inches long but after that I just ignored it and until now that 2 days have passed it hurts more.. whenever I touch it, and squeeze it or just fold my arms it hurts.. I m only 16 by the way.. please help
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Fri, 15 Mar 2013
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Hi, it seems that it could either be a folliculitis or it may be hidradenitis suppurativa.
I would suggest you to take an oral antibiotic for 7 days and apply mupirocin ointment on that part.
take care
I would suggest you to take an oral antibiotic for 7 days and apply mupirocin ointment on that part.
take care
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