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PILONIDAL CYSTS

I AM A 34 YEAR OLD MALE AND ABOUT 9 YEARS AGO I DEVELOPED A PILONIDAL CYST ON MY LOWER TAILBONE AREA JUST ABOVE THE BUTTOCK. I TRIED SEVERAL THINGS TO CURE IT ON MY OWN BUT WAS UNABLE. I THEN SAW A SUGEON WHO LANCED IT ALLOWING IT TO DRAIN AND HE SAID THAT SOMETIMES THIS METHOD WORKED. IT DID NOT. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF LIVING WITH THE PAIN AND EMBARASSMENT OF A SLOW LEAK I OPTED FOR THE SURGERY. THE SURGERY WAS NOT PAINFUL AT ALL, BUT THE RECOVERY WAS TERRIBLE THE CONSTANT PACKING AND UNPACKING OF THE APPRX. 3.5" DIAMETER HOLE IN MY BACK WAS UNBEARABLE.I FINALLY FOUND A PRODUCT CALLED POLYMEN WHICH IS A BANDAGE THAT ALLOWS WOUNDS TO HEAL FROM THE INSIDE OUT WHICH IS WHAT HAS TO OCCUR IN THIS TYPE OF CYST. IT INALLY HEALED AND I WENT ON WITH MY LIFE BUT ABOUT 1 MONTH AGO THE CYST RETURNED AS THEY OFTEN DO. I BEGAN READING ABOUT THEM AND I VENTURED INTO SUBJECTS ON WOUND CARE . I SAW AN ARTICLE ON CEYANNE PEPPER USED TO HEAL CERTAIN TYPES OF WOUNDS. I DID NOT WANT TO GO THROUGH THE URGERY AGAIN SO I FIGURED WHAT DO I HAVE TO LOSE. I MIXED 2TBLSPOONS OF CEYANNE PEPPER WITH ABOUT 8 OZ OF DISTILLED WATER. MIXED IT WELL AND PUT IT INTO AN EYE DROPPER. MY WIFE THEN HAD THE PLEASURE OF SQUIRTING IT INTO MY DRAIN HOLE ON MY BUTTOCK AREA. THE FIRST NIGHT IT BURNED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR BUT WAS NOT TERRIBLE THE SECOND NIGHT A LITTLE LESS AND LESS EACH TIME AFTER. I CAN NOW SAY AFTER 5 DAYS OF DOING IT THE HOLE CLOSED AND MY PAIN IS GONE. EVEN IF IT ONLY LASTS A MONTH EACH TIME THE HOLE OPENS I WILL JUST REPEAT THOSE STEPS. I NEVER IMAGINED THAT SOMETHING THIS SIMPLE WOULD WORK BUT HERE I SIT (COMFORTABLY) 3 WEEKS LATER WITH NO HOLE OR PAIN. JUST THOUGHT THE READERS OF YOUR WEBSITE WHO SUFFER THROUGH THIS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW

THANKS

KELLY MEGGS

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• Above post, with no ALL-CAPS Case-fixer 19:34:59 11/26/02 (1)
  • Re: Above post, with no ALL-CAPS (Pilonidal option.) Archive Walt Stoll 10:39:31 11/27/02 (0)

In Reply to: PILONIDAL CYSTS posted by MR KELLY MEGGS on November 26, 2002 at 19:19:26:

I am a 34 year old male and about 9 years ago I developed a pilonidal cyst on my lower tailbone area just above the buttock. I tried several things to cure it on my own but was unable. I then saw a sugeon who lanced it allowing it to drain and he said that sometimes this method worked. It did not. After several years of living with the pain and embarassment of a slow leak I opted for the surgery. The surgery was not painful at all, but the recovery was terrible the constant packing and unpacking of the apprx. 3.5" diameter hole in my back was unbearable.I finally found a product called polymen which is a bandage that allows wounds to heal from the inside out which is what has to occur in this type of cyst. It inally healed and I went on with my life but about 1 month ago the cyst returned as they often do. I began reading about them and I ventured into subjects on wound care . I saw an article on ceyanne pepper used to heal certain types of wounds. I did not want to go through the urgery again so I figured what do I have to lose. I mixed 2tblspoons of ceyanne pepper with about 8 oz of distilled water. Mixed it well and put it into an eye dropper. My wife then had the pleasure of squirting it into my drain hole on my buttock area. The first night it burned for about an hour but was not terrible the second night a little less and less each time after. I can now say after 5 days of doing it the hole closed and my pain is gone. Even if it only lasts a month each time the hole opens I will just repeat those steps. I never imagined that something this simple would work but here I sit (comfortably) 3 weeks later with no hole or pain. Just thought the readers of your website who suffer through this would like to know

Thanks
Kelly Meggs

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• Re: Above post, with no ALL-CAPS (Pilonidal option.) Archive Walt Stoll 10:39:31 11/27/02 (0)

In Reply to: Above post, with no ALL-CAPS posted by Case-fixer on November 26, 2002 at 19:34:59:

Thanks, Case.

Another option.

Walt