A boil is a nasty problem

I got a boil on my neck. It bloomed up overnight into a Mount Everest. An angry red Everest! I immediately treated it with a Melagel which is a gel with melaleuca oil, beeswax, petrolatum, vitamin E, and other goodies. It seemed to work quite well except the boil did not pop and drain out. At least, not until I took a hot shower which was suggested to me by a site about boils (would you believe it! There were even videos of people popping boils and squeezing the puss out.) And it broke! So I squeezed the pus out by pushing from way under the boil so the gunk was pushed out rather than pushed back in. So now it is starting to subside. But I am resolved to go see a Doctor to be sure it is all out and for a general health check anyway.

But I was pleased that the melagel seemed to make the matter less painful than what I saw on the videos!