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Originally Posted by Darrell
I had a large sebaceous cyst on my back (about 3cm wide) for about 20 years and it was fine until it became infected. I went to the doctors thinking he would give me some antibiotics but instead he just removed it  He gave me a couple of injections around the cyst and cut it out leaving a big hole and I didn't feel a thing. I felt some tugging but no pain at all.
But I did have to go back every day for a couple of months to have the wound cleaned to get rid of the infection. They did that without any anesthetic and it hurt like fuck.
I think if your cyst is not infected then you should have no pain, and it's probably a good idea to get it removed in case it ever does get infected. |
Mine is already infected, they gave me antibiotics. It's like purplish/reddish now but I am not going to get it removed until the infection dies down. It doesn't hurt actually, it just feels sore. like a bruise would feel sore, but there's no pain.
I am really afraid of the packing... I don't have a high pain tolerance at all. When you said you needed the wound "cleaned", does that include "packing"? Why does it hurt when they clean it, what do they clean it with? Do they irrigate the inside of it?
This is gross but I read about it online and there are accounts that the contents of the cyst is really foul smelling and sometimes the doctors assistants what to pass out etc because of the foul smell. This is so disgusting. I can't believe I have this.