instruction: hi doctor there is a sort of pink colored oval slightly raised flat patch on my bikini line and it is very painful I do not know what it is and I am terrified I get cysts on my bikini line quite often but they always go away it does not look like a cyst and it just appeared like one or two days ago sometimes it hurts to walk I was on my period last week so I wear different type of underwear and maybe that was too tighten on my bikini area also I have been lying down on my side for an extended period of time due to social distancing the lump is not really feeling over the area just raised and flat I have not had this issue before the cyst only started to hurt when the side of my underwear pressed against it hard please help me
output: hello I have read through your problem thoroughly and seen the pictures too to me it looks like an inflammatory boil with some induration thickening of the underlying skin due to some skin infections it is mostly a folliculitis hair follicle infection in the skin it will mostly go away in two to three days you can take some analgesic for pain relief and use some antibiotic cream for local application to prevent it from getting infected just keep the area aerated and change your undergarments frequently avoid shaving the bikini like till it heals or else it may get infected tablet combiflam paracetamol ibuprofen sos after food for pain relief if too painful sit bath a small tub of lukewarm water with some betadine solution or a spoon of salt three to four times a day for pain relief clean the genital area gently after using the restroom and apply the antibiotic cream to the affected area only clindamycin gel or soframycin cream framycetin change undergarments frequently if the lesion becomes like a collection of pus as of now does not seem to have formed pus you can take oral antibiotics