you can spread the infection to other parts of your skin. If the infection spreads, the boil can grow larger and become an abscess. This is a deep pocket of pus that requires urgent medical attention.

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And, although the skin on your bum and your face are ... When it runs deep, we call it a boil (or, if you're feeling fancy, a furuncle). Multiple boils clustered together? That’s a carbuncle.

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