Have cyst on my face in the mustache area. Can this cyst be surgically remove from the inside of my mouth? If not why? (photo)

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I have had a cyst on my face for around 5 years now. It is directly above my lip in the mustache area under my left nostril. I used to go to the dermatologist to treat it, and the physician would inject it with medicine that would cause it to shrink, but it would soon grow back. I was told that it would have to be surgically removed, and that it may leave a scar. Can I Have this cyst removed from the inside of the mouth( gum area ) to avoid any facial scaring? If not, why?

Richard P. Rand, MD, FACS (retired) · Answer

You should see a plastic surgeon for this and some relativelt scar acceptable method can be devised after an exam. If you go from inside the mouth you need to go thouugh the muscles that make the lip move and this could have consequences worse than an external scar. Another possibility would be to put the scar right along the junction between the red part of the lip and the lip skin (called the "vermillion border"). The lip skin could be lifted and the cyst shelled out. If there is a little volcano opening on the cyst this might need direct excision.

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