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I have a boil on my left buttock fr the past 2 months. It appears and bursts and this cycle repeats weekly. I tried using ointments like T-Bact but no permanent solution
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Only cream is not enough. Please call me and meet me at my clinic. This is called recurrent furunculosis.
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