Hello. Thanks for writing to us at healthcaremagic. This seems most likely to be a case of boils/furuncles, which is bacterial infection of the skin and soft tissue. If I was the treating doctor I would have asked you to take a week long course of an oral antibiotic. My choice of an oral antibiotic would have been either flucloxacillin or cepahlexin. Oral antibiotics are prescription drugs and therefore you must contact you primary care physician Topically you may use an OTC topical antibacterial e.g 2% mupirocin ointment, twice daily. An OTC pain killer e.g ibuprofen, twice daily would provide you symptomatic relief from pain. Avoid using hair oil and shampoo daily Regards