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 ...

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.

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.