Medically reviewed by Marla Anderson, MD Key Takeaways A boil on the breast can form when bacteria infect a hair follicle.Do not pop a breast boil because it can spread the infection.Apply warm ...

The daily use of deodorants, while essential for many, can sometimes lead to unexpected skin complications. Medical professionals increasingly report cases of armpit boils linked to specific deodorant ...

Think of your skin as a barrier. It’s typical for about 1,000 species of bacteria to live on it. Healthy skin keeps bacteria and other germs from getting inside your body. If you or your child has ...

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is an inflammatory skin condition that causes painful lumps under the skin that may burst, scar, and form tunnels. Early HS is often misdiagnosed as acne vulgaris, cysts, ...

Staphylococcus bacteria live on skin and can cause a staph infection if they enter the bloodstream. Staph infections can involve a range of symptoms, like vomiting, rashes or inflamed skin, and fever.

A Montana native and MSU Billings microbiologist is earning recognition for her work fighting diseases and for the way she's ...

A pimple on your butt could be a boil, which is a hair follicle infection. It could also be keratosis: a skin condition where dead skin cells build up in your hair follicles. Acne on your butt is ...

The armpit is a complex junction where muscles, nerves, blood vessels, and lymph nodes meet. Because it is such a busy area ...

Life behind bars — with its close contact and sharing of soap and towels — has contributed to several prison and jail outbreaks of a hard-to-treat skin infection that health officials fear could ...