Okay so this is embarrassing but I have a massive ingrown hair on my inner thigh up by my pubic area.

It's so far underneath the skin that I can't see it and its a bump about the size of a dollar. It's not THAT noticeable but I don't exactly enjoy having it there. Its been there for around a year I think. Will a doctor remove it? What can be done?
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  • Look, you are probably exactly right about WHAT it is, but you still need to take this serious.

    My god-mother's son is dying of Melanoma, and a big reason was that he ignored a growing tumor for months not wanting to go to the doctor or be a bother to anyone. It became Stage 4 (terminal) before he finally went.

    A little bit of embarrassment or inconvenience is nothing compared to that.

    • Yeah, I suppose so. I'll make an appointment.

  • Get to a good dermatologist. If the thing develops staph infection and is that deep, it can be life threatening. it need to come out before it becomes really serious. I had a friend with a badly ingrown hair in his nose and he almost died, was in the hospital for a couple of weeks. Better safe than sorry.

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  • Sounds more like a syst and in any case your doctor should be able to easily lance it and remove the junk.

    A doctor is a doctor and really doesn't get excited seeing a womans coochie so don't be embarrassed about seeing a male doctor if your female doc seems to be an idiot

  • A dollar? That sounds serious. I would get it checked out right away.

    • Yeah I really hate my doctor. She's an idiot and not really comfortable with a male doctor looking at it. It's flat, not a big bulgy thing.

    • You could always find a new female doctor under your insurance plan. But if its gotten that big there may be an infection. In any case its best to get it checked out asap.

    • No, I couldn't though. I've got the only female doctor in my city.

  • ...pics or it didn't happen?

    • You wouldn't even want to see it! :p

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  • eventually it will form a spot, and all you can do then is to squeeze the puss out, other than that, you just have to wait for the puss to form a spot, but a doctor can insert a needle and withdraw the puss out,x

    • It's past the point of surfacing so no.

    • Then a doctor should be your next option

  • I had a very deep ingrown hair on my neck that was there for a few months. Fortunately it wasn't actually noticeable but, if I squeezed the skin I could feel a hard bump below the skin. My doctor prescribed a magnesium sulphate paste that gradually drew the hair out, I'm not sure if you can purchase it over the counter or not.