sebaceous cyst

[rrlogan]

I had a cyst on my back for over 20 years. It was about the size of a grape and never bothered me.  A couple months ago it started growing and became painful and itchy. After about a month of that I went to a dermatologist and she opened and drained it.  She said it was about the size of a baseball, but I think it was not quite that big.  For the next two weeks I had it drained and stuffed with wadding twice a day.  That was getting expensive so I had my wife do it a few days and finally just decided enough was enough.  It was very inconvenient and painful to have this done twice a day.  By then it seemed to me the concave had filled in enough.  Now for about 2 more weeks I've been changing the bandage once a day myself.  I can just barely reach it.  I drain it but very little comes out now but I still have the drainage hole that weeps out a small amount every day.  I expected the hole to close up and be done with it by now but it hasn't.  Originally, the plan was to put a stitch in it when all the draining was done but now I'm on my own unless I want to spend a couple more hundred dollars.  Any suggestions how to close this hole up?

[Swelter_]

Hi, I had 2 sebaceous cysts (much smaller than what you describe), removed surgically from my back. The surgeon didn't drain it - he removed the entire sac intact and stitched the whole thing up.

If yours was only drained without the 'capsule' being removed, won't it fill up again? I'm sorry I cannot be of more help. But if it's any consolation, I still have a sort of depression in the skin where the bigger of the 2 cysts was removed. All the best!