Sporn alert - nose - what to do?

[BoffinMum]

So there it is, throbbing away on my nose, a round, red spotty thing needing attention. Good people of MN, do you have any advice?

Photo!

You should know better. Photos are now mandatory.

You asked for it.

Is it impressive enough? DH thought it was practically invisible.

First a photo.

Then.......

Hot flannel?

Mag sulph paste?

Tea tree oil?

Hurts

OK, I will go and get a hot flannel.

Poor rosy nosy. Looks sore.

I am now holding hot flannel on.

emoticon as they won't give us a sporn one.

And it wouldn't take much effort to just reverse the colours. Meanies.

I have held my coffee mug on it as well now. I am going to go and have a look at it in the mirror.

Nope. No head. As the actress said to the bishop.

That looks sore. Quinoderm is a fabulous over-the-counter cream that would dry it out and give it a head overnight. In the absence of that, give your nose a wash with hot water, pat it dry and then put a blob of toothpaste in it and leave it to dry overnight. It will help to dry it out and draw a head for you to squeeze.

I think the toothpaste is a great idea. I will try that, and if there is no joy, I will investigate the Quinoderm. Now while I am on this thread, DS2 came back from scout camp 10 days ago with loads of bites on his forearms and lower legs, that he has scratched a lot and which keep bleeding. He also has massive burst blisters on his feet that won't heal either. I have tried Sudocrem and I am now trying Bio-Oil. Good idea?

For the blisters, I would, using nail clippers, take off all the blistered skin. Then use TCP - it dries them up and stops infection.

And yes, antihistamine for the bites.

Woke him up and put blister plasters all over his feet, and rubbed Bio oil over the rest of him, put long pyjamas on him, and then gave him a Piriton tablet before he went back to sleep. Will get some hydrocortisone cream for him later.

Nose looking redder today but no head, so I hope this little pharmacy in the village has Quinoderm.

I have just looked up the ingredients in Quinoderm and I think I was allergic to this last time I used this stuff as a teenager.

How is it now?

Well, I have the Quinoderm 10% and it has made in a lot less inflamed and painful, and has not set off a reaction as I have only put it on my nose. so very good advice. It has saved me having to operate on myself (sorry chaps).

disappointed Hope it goes away soon

Glad things are going well.