I have had 3 surgeries to remove a pilonidal cyst and the last one, 2 years ago, used a different method to heal the area. It was a 3 point area where they took tissue from another section of my butt and filled the gap to speed the process. The wound still has not healed completely. It does not hurt, but there is an opening that occasionally bleeds and won't close. Should I see a specialist, or a plastic surgeon?
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This is the call of your surgeon.Also the cost of the hospital may be way too mucha dn you may want to wait till it can be done in a safe outpatient center.Check with your gynecologist.
Hi and thanks for your question and photo. You need an in-person consult with an expert to discuss what to do about that growth. It is most likely a benign condition and would be considered a cosmetic procedure in my practice -- but I would certainly send the removed growth/cyst to a ...
Sorry to hear this. Of course its difficult to give an answer with any certainty based on photos, but looking at yours I agree that a cyst has formed. This could be from a retained, but dissolvable suture, or just a reaction to surgery. I cannot think of many ways in which this could have been...
