Quick! To lance or not to lance, that is the question ...

[NotQuiteCockney]

I have a horrific spot in a fairly delicate place. It has been driving me fucking bonkers today, it was right on a knicker edge, and ow ow ow ow ow.

The spot isn't a white head, it's red, and weird and very very sore. Is lancing it worth doing? I've put isopropol alcohol on it, to try to dry it out ...

Sugarfree I would never suggest that NQC should approach her minge with a pair of scissors

The pimple itself is about the size of a pea, and the lump underneath isn't that much bigger. We're not talking oranges here!

Sorry NQC,you probably didn't need to know that.
My money's on a common or garden pimple/boil.

Like I didn't need to know about the hair situation.

GP will be fine.

If pus can't get out it will track inwards, resulting in a sinus which sometimes requires surgical drainage and packing with gauze until it heals outwards.

And I'm probably alarming you without reason. See your GP. It may just be a stubborn boil.

My mother was a nurse too and she said arse cavities are the worst

not that I'm trying to alarm you or anything NQC

:-P at Frances

Right, I must sleep or I will be even more crap tomorrow. Off to pick up my bike and get olive oil etc etc in the morning.

oh it is just a big arse spot

I bet it comes to a head tomorrow

sugarfree.

Trying to be balanced and un-alarmist here. I haven't even seen NQC's arse.

hope it is ok, seriously

I'm sure it will be.

Maybe skip the cycling though, until you get it looked at?

pmsl @ arse cavities

None of us have Bubble because she is too selfish to put a picture of it on her profile.

FannieAnnie did and she was giving birth at the time!

Hello just skimmed read this, sounds like you've got a Bartholin's cyst, nothing to worry about and for god's sake leave it alone!!
try this link for peace of minge (sorry mind?!)
www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/40001763/

I know, sugarfree. In the spirit of the mnet sistahood I think she should post on her profile.

I've seen it clothed

it is not unremarkable

Is it an area that you do/have shaved? Could it be an ingrowing hair that has got infected?

I saw it clothed, too.

And dancing on a 'banquette.'

I'll warrant that's where this trouble began, bubble

Yes. There is a saying.

'If dancin' on a banquette ye be.
Be sure to exfoliate yer' arse on the nearest tree..'

Or something like that.

Good god, you people are weird.

No, it's not a Bartholin's cyst, it is definately an arse pimple, although close to the relevant bits.

DH says it is actually four pimples which have merged. At any rate, last night, while I was asleep, two of them burst. It's gone down a bit, it doesn't hurt as much (I put some isopropyl alcohol on it, as that's my general solution to these things). I'll keep an eye on it (and on the lump underneath) but for now it seems ok.

Oh, and skipping the cycling is a bit tricky - like asking someone else to skip walking, iyswim. I might go light on it next week, though, as it's DS1's half term. But probably not, as he wants to go swimming etc.

Glad it's better. My bet is that it's definitely an ingrowing hair. My old 'waxer' used to tell me to loofah the area regularly, as it helped solve that problem.

Oh, I don't wax, and don't shave my arse. Actually, it's not a hairy bit that's spotty.