Post: #1

It really sucks when I get a cyst on face. It's not often but usually it takes a couple weeks for it come to a head and then it leaves a pink mark for a couple weeks after I pop it. The other week I saw the telltale sign of a large one developing next to my nose. The skin was only slightly red but it was painful to touch. I was not pleased and went online to find out how to stop it before it grows.

Using a towel, I did 3 heat compresses a day (10 minutes each). I simply boiled water, soaked a towel with it, and when the temperature was warm enough for my skin, pressed with moderate force. When the towel got cool, I redipped in the hot water.

By the third day, the cyst was completely gone.

Another time I had a boil in my crotch. It looked like a half-peanut pimple protruding from my skin. It was ghastly. This time I did one heat compress and an application of tea tree oil (15%). There was burning with the oil for a few minutes. Not even 24 hours later it came down over 70% to where you could barely notice it. It was like a miracle. It was just a little bump within two days.

I've also used tea tree oil for burns. It seems to heal up the skin faster, like aloe vera.

Post: #2

There is something satisfying about popping one of those motherfuckers, though. I get one in the same spot, on my earlobe, where one would normally get a piercing. I usually pop it, and it goes away. I let it go down after trying to pop it several times to no avail. Now it's barely noticeable, but there's a little hard grain left behind. Was never left behind after I popped it.

Post: #3

Did the cyst grow back eventually? Did it stay reduced/gone?

Post: #4

(01-05-2012 12:00 PM)ersatz Wrote:  Did the cyst grow back eventually? Did it stay reduced/gone?

Completely gone. No mark.

Post: #5

I hear hydrogen peroxide works well, too. Never tried it, but my friend and his polish grandma swear by it.

Post: #6

I had a pilonidal cyst last year and had to get a surgery to get it removed.

btw, if you'd like to throw up for some reason, google pilonidal cyst.

Post: #7

(01-05-2012 05:15 PM)Newb#3 Wrote:  I had a pilonidal cyst last year and had to get a surgery to get it removed.

btw, if you'd like to throw up for some reason, google pilonidal cyst.

Thats just fucking disgusting.

Post: #8

(01-06-2012 07:47 AM)Neil Skywalker Wrote:  

(01-05-2012 05:15 PM)Newb#3 Wrote:  I had a pilonidal cyst last year and had to get a surgery to get it removed.

btw, if you'd like to throw up for some reason, google pilonidal cyst.

Thats just fucking disgusting.

sorry

are we still cool?

Post: #9

Green teagbags. Maybe.

Post: #10

(01-05-2012 11:48 AM)UgSlayer Wrote:  There is something satisfying about popping one of those motherfuckers, though. I get one in the same spot, on my earlobe, where one would normally get a piercing. I usually pop it, and it goes away. I let it go down after trying to pop it several times to no avail. Now it's barely noticeable, but there's a little hard grain left behind. Was never left behind after I popped it.

I hate those earlobe ones so much. They always recur too.