Should you pop an ant bite blister? *PIC added*

Popping the ant bite blister won't cause an infection. That would not be any more likely to happen than any other wound. Keeping it clean is all it takes.

You don't pop, you drain. As long as it isn't hot, or red , getting bigger , lumpy or any black. It should be fine.

I'm sure that's what the OP meant, sliding a needle into it to let the fluid out. She wasn't going to bust the top open.

I second all of this

Have I been doing it wrong? I thought you weren't supposed to pop (drain) any blister? I've done the needle in pimple before...

I've always done it and have never gotten an infection (she says, knocking on wood)

Are you talking about fire ants?
I've popped mine, it feels so much better. Those da*n things hurt.

Fire ant bits, looks like little water bubbles.
That doesn't look,like one. Have you tried putting on...hemorid cream? No joke it takes the itch right away, we have it on hand and it really works.

I can't help myself. That would have to go if it was on my hand.

That would drive me nuts to have it in that spot. I'd PPP that sucker and rub some neosporin on it and call it good.

Sometimes I think lancing things like that and getting all of the yuck out does help them heal.

DH just han an infected cuticle, he gets them every so often. There's no broken skin but the whole side of his fingernail swells up, is super-painful and red.
I had him soak it in Epsom salt water for about 10 mins. Then he applied a tiny amount of pressure and it oozed out a ton of yellow crap. From in between the skin and nail. Just from one day! (Yuck!)

Once the pressure is off and the yellow junk out, it felt much better and was back to normal in a couple if days.

No needle needed.

If my hand was like yours, I would open that up.

ETA: I never pop a burn blister. That skin needs to stay intact ad long as possible to avoid getting stuff into the wound.

Up until a couple if years ago I would have been messing with that until it covered my whole hand.

But my dear dear valentine was outside gardening, got a tiny cut on her foot , her darling husband wanted to take her to the ER , but she just cleaned it out and put a bandaid on it.
She died three days later from it.


I now watch ever little cut / mark I get from outside.