How do you get rid of pilonidal sinus?
The only way to get rid of a pilonidal cyst is through a minor surgical procedure. But there are a few things you can do at home to ease pain and discomfort in the meantime. Try applying a hot, wet compress to the cyst a few times a day. The heat will help pull out the pus, allowing the cyst to drain.
Will a pilonidal cyst go away by itself?
Pilonidal cysts sometimes drain and disappear on their own. If you have chronic pilonidal cysts, your symptoms may come and go over time.
How painful is a pilonidal cystectomy?
Traditional surgical treatment for pilonidal cysts has required a lengthy, painful recovery time. However, thanks to the cleft lift technique utilized by Dr. Laurence Rosenberg, at Southeastern Plastic Surgery, recovery from pilonidal cyst surgery is quick and relatively painless.
How do you sit with a pilonidal cyst?
4. Sit down slowly. Avoid pressure, friction, and trauma to your tailbone. Do not sit down for long periods of time and change positions frequently.
What makes a pilonidal cyst flare up?
Friction can occur from tight clothing, bicycling, or long periods of sitting. These cysts occur more often in people with a family history of them. People who have a lot of hair in the buttock area, are overweight, or are inactive have higher risks of getting these cysts.
What is a pilonidal abscess?
An impacted or ingrown hair follicles—possibly along with debris—break the skin and are enclosed in a cyst. This cyst becomes infected forming a pilonidal abscess or boil replete with foul-smelling pus which drains through one or more pilonidal sinuses. Over time, infections recur and sinus tracts spread upwards along your lower back.
What is a pilonidal cystectomy?
Pilonidal cystectomy is a minor surgical procedure that is typically scheduled and performed by a colorectal surgeon on an outpatient basis. General or regional anesthesia may be used to manage pain during the removal of an infected pilonidal cyst or abscess.
How do you get rid of a pilonidal cyst?
A surgical procedure called a pilonidal cystectomy is used to remove a pilonidal cyst or abscess (boil) and surrounding infection. Cystectomy is the most effective treatment for these cysts, however, there is a high rate of recurrence and the procedure may need to be repeated.
What is the prognosis of pilonidal cysts?
As long as the pilonidal cyst remains intact, expect recurrent infection, pain, drainage of copious pus, and tracking. Even with surgery, pilonidal cysts occasionally return; however, for many people surgery is curative.