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Is it okay to put bactroban (mupirocin) on a boil that's just forming (big and sore but no white and no pus/discharge)? will this help?
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NO: No harm. No help. If you have a boil, try hot soaks. When it drains, spontaneously or surgically, it will heal.
Answered 11/27/2017
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