SKIN CYSTS

Cysts are closed pockets of skin tissues that are filled with pus, fluid or some other material.  

These are common and appear anywhere. They look like a tiny pea under the skin surface. Cysts develop as a consequence of infection and clogging of sebaceous glands around foreign bodies like earrings. 

Sometimes a severe reaction result in a large pus filled lesion. 

Symptoms of Skin Cysts 

Skin cysts                                                                                           

·         Grow slowly  

·         Not painful 

·         If rolled under the skin then it is smooth to touch.  

Skin Cysts Treatment 

Cysts are painless unless they become inflamed, infected or rupture. Some cysts disappear without treatment; other requires to be drained. The draining procedure requires the piercing with a sharp needle. Some cysts are treated with the injection of cortisone; which cause its shrinkage. If cysts do not respond to any such treatment then it has to be removed surgically.