I found an old thread on butt boils while searching, but it was too old to reply. It's kinda gross but I'm gonna go out on a limb and bet that others here have had the same problem.
I've always had a bit of "buttne" ...but a couple of years ago, my stress/anxiety/depression hit a real low and it got A LOT worse. I started getting painful boils around my bum, on my outer thighs, and then even on my front thighs and lower abdomen. Some were small pimple like, and some were painful boils. They were scarring and it made me feel even lower.
I got desperate enough to see doctors and dermatologists. Staph, folliculitis and keratosis pilaris were mentioned as conditions behind it. So were antibiotics (Keflex, Roaccutane) but I didn't want to resort to those if I could avoid... I'd been on Roaccutane when I was a teen, and it works but also has nasty side effects.
Long story short: I tried just about everything and google researched every day. The last Dermo I saw put me on to a cream called AmLactin to use daily, and a Vitamin A cream (need prescripton from a dermo) to use for a month.
It took a few weeks and then I noticed they stopped forming, since then old scars have slowly faded, my skin down around there has become smooth and stayed clear...
I know the root cause was/is stress. This may only be a bandaid but it's effective and brought me so much relief - I'd like to spread the word on it as much as possible because I would have given anything to find a solution and I spend a lot of money in the process.... hope it helps some others
I've always had a bit of "buttne" ...but a couple of years ago, my stress/anxiety/depression hit a real low and it got A LOT worse. I started getting painful boils around my bum, on my outer thighs, and then even on my front thighs and lower abdomen. Some were small pimple like, and some were painful boils. They were scarring and it made me feel even lower.
I got desperate enough to see doctors and dermatologists. Staph, folliculitis and keratosis pilaris were mentioned as conditions behind it. So were antibiotics (Keflex, Roaccutane) but I didn't want to resort to those if I could avoid... I'd been on Roaccutane when I was a teen, and it works but also has nasty side effects.
Long story short: I tried just about everything and google researched every day. The last Dermo I saw put me on to a cream called AmLactin to use daily, and a Vitamin A cream (need prescripton from a dermo) to use for a month.
It took a few weeks and then I noticed they stopped forming, since then old scars have slowly faded, my skin down around there has become smooth and stayed clear...
I know the root cause was/is stress. This may only be a bandaid but it's effective and brought me so much relief - I'd like to spread the word on it as much as possible because I would have given anything to find a solution and I spend a lot of money in the process.... hope it helps some others