Ok... Some People Are Going To Find This Post DISGUSTING But I Have To Talk About It...

 Thanks Cindy.  I have been doing my best to try and just bring it up with people who might also be struggling with the same thing.  I am comfortable with my body (though i was a little MORE comfortable with it about 50 pounds ago) and I dont have a problem discussing it with my partner and my friends and the people who matter.... so far i have gotten a good response.....

Being a bit shy to start but I am right there with you.....I get them terribly...and it is hormonal...I have been to a dermotologist about it and he has given me a foam type of antibiotic that I put on them once the come...I get them under my arms and my inner thighs....One summer it was so bad I never lifted my arms up.....My dermo told me that as I lose weight it will be better....so far no luck with that...epson salt baths never really helped me actually...I go through stages with them where sometimes I dont get them for months and than BOOM there they are...GROSS if you ask me...but nothing I can do about it....ok and here is another thing I just thought of...dr. told me it happens from ingrown hair follicles....I (cough cough) shave all clean if you know what I mean and I have found that if I keep up with the shaving on a daily basis, it is less bothersome....

 Oh yeah... I get them under my arms once in a while too!!  I had one a few weeks ago and it hurt SO BAD then finally it popped and poured STRAIGHT BLOOD forever! And its still scarred but at least it doesnt hurt now....

Did the foam work at all for you?  I have never been to a dermatologist before... i just asked my gyno....

I try not to stay fully shaven for long because i get horrible ingrowns too.... I think the ones on the inner thighs are different... but i agree the armpit ones are probably hair folicles.

Yes the foam has worked for it...but Idont know where it is right now...lol....I will try to find it...I am due to go back to him for a check up shortly...it was a prescription and if I dont have that I just use an over the counter antibiotic cream....I do have some hair on my thighs also and I shave all that also...I used to get them on my va ga ga....lol but shaving has basiclly cured that for me...My girlfriend has them also and she goes for brazilian waxes and she swears by them for it...I was going to try it but I just think OUCH!!!

 Oh thats cool... maybe i will try the epsom baths AND the antibiotic cream (any name brand or just generic?)

No Brazilians for me thank you.....

your not alone!
I have them also.  I have had them on my inner thighs, hoo-ha, belly, under breast.  I was told they were from hormones.  I get them when I am getting ready to start my period.  They have left nasty scares.
I will try the baths when i get them.

Thanks for posting this, its nice knowing that i am not the ONLY one that has this also.

Christine

 

 Cool... let us know if the baths work for you... Im definitely going to pick up some epsom salt at the grocery store this weekend....

I read something about this thing in Cosmopolitan awhile ago..I think its called "chicken skin" and not that uncommon!



I use to get them sometimes and I always thought they were sort of fun to pop..

 LOL.... You're one of those pimple poppers arent you (hahahaha)

I also want to saay this..I was once a thin chick...I got my first boil when I was 11...Oh and wearing tight clothings and jeans really sticks also....cant have anything binding