Porridge has had a major operation to rid the abscess in her jaw from a broken tooth. Now, where the stitches were from the operation, a tiny skin abscess has grown (size of a tiny pea and right on the surface of her skin).

My vet (who carried out the op) says its so small that we can just start to express the abscess (like a big spot), and I will have to keep expressing it and then using antiseptic to keep the infection away (possibly with some antibiotics). 

Has anybody had any experience of dealing with very small abscess’s in this way/know whether it is successful?

The abscess in her jaw had to be an operation – she had numerous antibiotics (oral and injection) so I’m worried this won’t be strong enough to deal with it and it might get bigger! My vet was very thorough with her jaw abscess but that was a lot more complicated.

Any advice would be useful 

Thanks!