Thank you for your response. Still waiting for the abscesses to burst. The area is red and very painful. I've had two needle aspirations and an I&D and all three collections were tested... Sterile. I went to get an ultrasound and my incision from the I&D opened. It's been a few weeks and am anxiously waiting for two to burst. The waiting is torture. Thanks again for your help!
welcome! all my abscesses were lumps or hard masses at the beginning, I mean, they started as a hard lump (not painful) and with days that hard lump became a bag filled with fluid (looks like pus, but no infection); abscessing . When abscesses were about to burst the skin was red and the are was very painful.
At that point and if it is your first abscess I suggest you to contact your doctor so they can send fluid to the lab and check out for bacteria. My very first abscess opened up by it self, but I went to doctor.
Hope this helps