underarm abscess

[hollinhurst84]

Here's my photos for those who missed it!
This is the wound during the 6 months it was open

Stitches after op and 48hrs after (bruised!)

And last pics with stitches out

The important question is, was there pus??

Ouch! I had massive underarm abcesses after having my BCG jab at school. I had weeks of pus from them. I asked my mum if I should get it checked it by a doctor, but she was reluctant to ever let me see one. I've still the scars 10yeaes on. But the pus was glorious!

First time yes there was (this is the third time it's opened)
Surgeons said it wasn't ready to lance, I did it myself. It poured and the smell and I have a strong stomach!

Ouch! DS had a large hard lump under his arm a couple of years ago - he was 7 or 8 I think, bless him. He reluctantly let me squeeze it (with DH holding him) and an impressive amount of greenish thick gunk came out. I had to squeeze it twice more over the next week before it started to calm down. I'm always checking in case he has any more! But it was nothing compared to yours! Luckily DH is happy for me to squeeze spots/ blocked pores etc on his back/ ears etc, hehehe.

And now I have another! It's not for bursting yet
It's sort of half in the same place, half not

This is how the scar normally looks, it's so swollen that the indented bit is pushed out

That looks very sore :(

I have more swelling! And tramadol. Which isn't touching the pain

Updated pic. I'm having surgery tomorrow

Ouch. Thinking off you x

All done I had a general anaesthetic and they drained, excised, cut some more bits off and flushed it and removed some adhesions and packed it

Update I had it repacked today. Ow ow ow

You poor thing!

Ouch. Hope it's sorted this time. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Gosh, sorry you're going through this again, but massive thank you for the photos and details!

Healing slowly...

Update again! It didn't heal so I have had (another) surgery with local anaesthetic where they have created a skin flap
Bruising is immense, it's v neat though

Looks similar to Hydradenitis Superativa which I have. Both my underarms resemble yours, however not quite that bad x

Yeah I have HS
It's only been the past three years my armpit has been affected and it's only one so far so crossed fingers it doesn't spread but it's such an unpredictable thing

That looks very sore. What a nightmare for you but thanks for sharing and updating

Loads more bruising but it's looking better I think

It looks way better than all the other pics. Hope it heals and that's the last of it!

blimey i had a couple of these this year and anti-biotics got rid, did have a small little hole though was gross