I had a boil that I had lanced at the doctors office. It was in between my breast. It left a small spot and I was suppose to go and have it taken out in the hospital. I hate hospitals. 2 years later I got hit with a wave at the beach and it woke it up. In three days it was really sore and tender. By the 7th day I applied head as it was getting red and sore but no head. On the 12th day I took granulated garlic and water and made a paste, put it on the boil and covered it with a 3x3 non stick gauge pad. I could feel it working immediately. Within hours the pain was less and the boil was shrinking. I continued to apply the garlic mix 3 times that day. At night I covered it with neosporin and sleep really good for once. It had been so painful before I couldnt go another night! The next day I again put the garlic mix on and by the afternoon I could see a head starting to form. It seems that the garlic is good for drawing but it also is a natural antibiotic against bacteria and fungus so what better remedy. No side affects and no eating yogurt to replace the destroyed flora in the gut like antibiotics do. I will never go to the doctor again!!! Try it out, it really works well.

Here is my story about boils: I had my first boil lanced at age 16 and have been going through every procedure ever since. I am now 50-something and now they are so bad that I have them in several places at once: under an arm, under my breast, on the buttocks, the belly… But the main area they have settled in is my inner thigh and the panty-line area, where I have four active heads that are all draining and very painful. I have seen doctor after doctor; I've been referred to a dermatologist who referred me to a plastic surgeon who states my boils are growing on a loop and recommends surgery to remove all the cores and let them totally drain. I continue to take antibiotics, use antibiotic soaps and creams. I have noticed that sodas or acidic or sugary foods and drinks will bring one on within 24 hours. The best draining agent I've found after the old home remedy of fat-off steak is the inside membrane of an eggshell and high-alkaline water , or a cabbage leaf with a hot compress on top - boy will that pull out the poison. Best luck to all, please share if any cure is found.

My fiance has gotten one a year for five years. Over the last 4 weeks he has had 3: two on his rib cage within two inches of each other and one on his wrist. These are very painful spots. He just keeps them covered with a sterile non stick patch covered with triple-antibiotics and within 10 days they are draining, but he always gets this core that's semi-solid and when pulled out there is left a hole in his skin that he covers the same.