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Just went to doctor to get it treated for boil but she left a string hanging out the hole of the boil do i have to remove that myself?
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Possibly: What did the doctor ask you to do? The packing tape is there to help the abscess drain. Usually the doctor would have asked you to come back in a day or two to have the wound checked and remove the packing.
Answered 8/1/2014
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