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 ...

update please

I am seriously concerned about the condition of your arse sinus

Still sore. But better than yesterday. Oozing. Not nice. The lump under the skin is smaller, though, so hopefully it's on the mend.

TBH, I'm frightened of this alarming stuff I have to apply with a matchstick because it is too caustic for my fingers.

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have you got proper cycling pants? with the pads and the like...

I find this helps with cyclist bum and numb fanjo

I think it was a spot? Well, four spots?

Actually, I don't know what a boil is - is it a big under-the-skin very pus-filled spot? If so, no, not really.

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No proper cycling pants - you're not meant to wear knickers with them, are you? I can't go without. And washing proper cycling pants makes them go all funny, so I don't have them.

I do have quite a nice bike seat, at least it has a fanjo hole, so my fanjo is generally quite happy on the bike.

This was only really painful because the raised bit got rubbed.

ooh I don't have a fanjo hole in my bike seat - how does that work? is it just short at the front or is there a hole where it just hangs through

I'd consider investing in some cycle shorts - they really do help with bum issues

There's a whole where it rests. I'd like to think it didn't hang through, that sounds like a bad thing.

It's nice, I like it, it's less warm, too. I think.

warm seat?
yup, cycling has given me thrush..