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Big boil inner thigh/undie line

Hi Guys
I have a boil on my inner thigh/undie line area,which is my second time within the last year
Have been to the doctors which he's prescribed me antibiotics but I'm abit concerned.
As you can see the pic attached, it doesn't seem to look like a boil?
It's got bigger overnight & looks as though it will pop soon.
I didn't look at my first one but this one is totally different from pictures on google. Plus mine is oval shaped!
Even my doctor said it was abit odd looking when he examined me yesterday & asked if I had been diagnosed with Herpes ... like WTF I freaked out! He said he didn't want to scare me as with patients who has Herpes Virus will get reoccurance of boils. Anyhow I came out of the doctors consult not feeling re assured, especially now that my boil looks like this.
Any suggestions?
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Thanks so much for that!
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It's not unusual for boils to form multiple heads and if they should form in a row that might give the impression of not being round. In your picture (thanks, but the way) it almost looks like the boil is round but the heads are forming in a line across the middle. As for Herpes, my understanding is that Herpes eruptions have a red, irritated head while boils develop a white head. That too suggests you have a plain old ordinary boil. Sounds like you successfully dealt with one before so just treat this one the same. If you keep getting them in body crease areas, mention this to your doctor. For all boils antibiotics are the standard treatment.
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