Treatment for vaginal boils. The course of treatment depends on the severity of your boil, says Mary Jane Minkin, MD, board-certified OB-GYN at Yale Medicine.

Also, an infection of the hair follicle can extend deeper into the skin, becoming a furuncle (boil). For mild cases, the infection can be treated locally, with warm compresses and topical antibiotics.

Dear Dr. Roach • I’ve been having trouble with boils for a couple of years. Last year, my doctor told me that it was a staph infection. After about a week on the antibiotics he prescribed, I ...