Hi Sharon. My flares are in the groin so when one is coming, I use Hot, Hot water from the faucet with a little bleach (maybe 2-3 tablespoon) to one of those Hospital pans of water and I keep applying it with a wash cloth to the flare and the boil burst and start draining right then or shortly after that day or the next day. Just don't use too much bleach and rinse with clean water after.

Thanks Fatima!

I never try bleach. On hidradenitis suppurativa