Been dealing with an inflamed and painful infected hair follicle on my scalp for years now and looking to finally get rid of this thing.
I don’t remember when it first happened or what caused it. When it first appeared it started out small and itchy and I thought it would go away on its own. It continued to get bigger, more inflamed and itchy and there was a noticeable size white head on it. I’m not really acne prone and whenever I do get a bump or white head I usually have no issues popping it and being done with it lol. So I figured I’d do it with this. When I popped it I noticed a lot of puss and such coming out of it. Continued to squeeze out the remainder for a few days and applying a ointment to it until it was gone. However I’ll say about a month or so it started to come back in the same way. This time it grow back a bit bigger. So again I popped it and did the same thing as last time.
Now it seems like it’s came back with a vengeance. It’s grew back bigger. I’ll say overall its probably the size of a dime (US dime coin). Strangely this time there is no noticeable white head. It first started out really itchy like the last 2 times but now there is no itch. Now it’s just inflamed, sensitive and painful to touch or lay on.
Is there any recommended fields I can use to get rid of this thing? I’ve tried benzoyl peroxide but I think I’m allergic to it. Whenever I use it the side of my head gets red, itchy and swollen so that’s out.