Infected epidermoid cyst on face, on flucloxacillin - 5 days in, red swollen and painful. should it be weeping or does it dry up itself? if so when?

Re-evaluate for MRSA: It doesn't sound like the antibiotics you've been given are working - so please go back to that doctor at once, or find another doc urgently. You may have MRSA- a resistant germ because clearly by now, you should be getting better. MRSA stands for methicillin resistant Staph aureus and it is a common germ these days that some antibiotics don't work for. It often causes the type of problem you have