Cysts, abscesses and lipomas all have one common feature: they cause a lump or bump on the skin. All three are very common and I literally remove a hundred or more lipomas and sebaceous cysts a year.

A skin abscess is a bump within or below the skin’s surface. It is usually full of pus, painful, and may feel thick and swollen. This is typically caused by a bacterial infection. A skin abscess may ...

PEOPLE in pain are pulling out their own teeth with garage pliers and lancing abscesses with needles sterilised on the gas stove due to a lack of NHS dentistry, campaigners revealed today. Speaking at ...