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Boils. Use bacon fat for boils

Apply fat from bacon to the boil and let sit 10-15 minutes per day. Boil will come to a head in 3-10 days and will drain on its on.

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grandaddy knows it all! Comments By: Hollywood

My grandfather placed a strip of bacon fat over a boil I developed on my forearm... He applied the bacon strip with lots of fat over the boil and bandaged it...giving instructions not to remove till the next day...so I woke up that next day removed the bandaged containing a strip of bacon fat and to my surprise the boil had a white head that almost burst on it's own...I learned that day that old time remedies really work and today I am still a believer!

It's the salt, not the fat Comments By: Tryanythingonce

My stepmother swears by the same remedy, except that she insists it's the salt and not the fat that is the remedy. Try putting just salt on a bandaid instead of the bacon fat.

definitely the salt Comments By: lnoland

My father used to treat boils with salt meat. it is the salt that is the drawing agent. I have come up with a modern day alternative that works great. I take a large band-aid, spread neosporin on the pad part, then sprinkle it with salt and apply to boil before going to bed. By morning the boil is usually ruptured and there is relief. You should then keep the area clean and apply neosporin.

Bacon and boils Comments By: Anon

It really does work! My grandmother used to cover my brothers boils with a strip of bacon and change the bacon once a day. Within 3 days, the boil came to a head and relief was felt. Old home remedies can and do work.

Boils are no fun Comments By: boil hater

Yes, it does work! My brother used to get boils a lot of the time during his childhood and our mother would cover the boil (be sure to cover the entire boil and surrounding area) with a strip of bacon, cover it and leave on for for 2-3 days (changing the bandage every evening). Within 3 days or so it come come to a head and could be removed easily. Some of those "old timers" home cures did work and this is one of them.

The boils are coming...the boils are coming!!! Comments By: Helen

Since May I've had nothing but problems with boils showing up to the point of going to the emergency room. Then after being prescribed antibiotics...the boils are showing up more!! Every 3 to 4 days another boil shows up in all the wrong places! I'm tired of them. Has anyone else had the bad experience of seeing new boils show up after they've finished their antibiotic(s)?

Bacon for boils. It really works! Comments By: Roxanna

My grandson got bit by a spider and consequently got a boil. We took him to the doctors but to no avail. Tried drawing salves and still nothing helped. Great grandma recommended raw bacon on a bandaid and 24 hrs later the BOIL broke. I am a believer!!!!!!

bacon fat isn't just for boils anymore Comments By: Nora McCain

Once I had a cactus shard in my leg. My mother bandaged a small piece of bacon fat to where we thought the actual sore was. After a day and a half we took off the bandages and the cactus was in the bacon fat. Cool~

This really works Comments By: TipKing

I passed this tip onto someone close to me whom had a stubborn boil for several weeks on their lower chest.

They were very skeptical but gave it a try. Applied the bacon to the boil. I told her to change the bacon that first night. When she went to change the bacon after just 8 hours the boil erupted when the bandage was removed.

Amazing!