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A man pierced a large abscess on the side of his cheek with a pair of scissors after doctors were unable to remove it. Jeremie posted a video on YouTube of him alleviating the pain of his abscess and ...

In a new Instagram video, Dr. Pimple Popper does an incision and drainage on an ear abscess. Abscesses are inflected areas, meaning the body has broken down and softened up the contents trying to ...

A skin abscess or boil is a bump on or below the skin’s surface. It may look like a pimple but larger and deeper under the skin. Abscesses usually contain pus or clear fluid and can appear anywhere on ...

A peritonsillar abscess forms in the tissues of the throat next to one of the tonsils. An abscess is a collection of pus that forms near an area of infected skin or other soft tissue. The abscess can ...

A peritonsillar abscess is a bacterial infection that usually begins as a complication of untreated strep throat or tonsillitis. A pus-filled pocket forms near one of your tonsils. It can cause pain ...