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Skin cysts smell bad and will develop painful abscesses when ruptured beneath the skin so don’t go squeezing them!
Most doctors don’t like skin cyst removal surgery. Skin cysts can be tricky to remove and time consuming. The patient is often advised to leave their cyst alone.
What Causes Skin Cysts?
What’s the different between an sebaceous cyst and an epidermal cyst ? A sebaceous cyst comes from blocked oil gland. The content is yellow oil. It is not smelly. Epidermal cyst comes from blocked part of a hair follicle. The content is moist white cheese and stinky!
Cysts are usually found on the face, neck, trunk and scrotum.
Do not try and do cyst removal by squeezing. The cyst might rupture and a painful smelly abscess will follow.
How Are Sebaceous Cysts Diagnosed ?
Zit or Pimple cyst or Sebaceous cysts are easily diagnosed by their appearance. Sometimes your doctor may order an ultrasound scan to aid diagnosis.
Treatments for Sebaceous Cysts :
Sebaceous cysts grow slowly over years to decades. When large enough they may interfere with your everyday life. When this happens, cyst removal surgery may be necessary.