Does the body heal faster if you remove pus or should it be left alone?

Get antiseptic on it. 

Man up and pop it.

My belief is that you should try to get it out.. the advice was always to bathe it and that was partly to let the pus escape.

you need to ask your doctor that question or if you ask this on healthtap.com a real doctor will email you back

It depends.  Truth.  Sometimes interior abscesses must be drained and even be life threatening if not drained due to pressure.  Pus in a zit will be absorbed by the body if left alone.........but who does that?  

Pus is a mixture of dead white blood cells and dead bacteria.  You should probably drain it.

According to some article I was reading ----- you should put maggots in it!  The maggots will only eat the pus and dead flesh. 

Best asked to a qualified physician, not a social web site.

Is this one of your 'gross' questions?

You should consult a physician if the "pocket" is hot or painful and/or large enough to be of concern.

But generally the puss should be drained. If the "pocket" is large enough it may even need to be packed with an antibiotic after being drained.

The body is going to attempt to eliminate that puss which will put additional stress on the liver, kidneys, spleen and other "filtering" organs. (That's what happens when one starts taking an effective antibiotic and then starts to feel worse for a few days.) That puss can even harbor additional infection that may rear its ugly head. Draining it will help minimize those risks.