My Sebaceous Cyst...

    ... now a dominant force in the google image search engine. For more information on the story of this sebaceous cyst, read my Q&A with Vice magazine at... matthewglasson.com/blog/2009/03/my-sebaceous-cyst-reaches...

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    1. *dancing peppers* (73 months ago | reply)

      This is disgusting. Thanks for sharing. I'm glad it's no longer with you.

    2. emsides-01 (69 months ago | reply)

      that's so cool. it looks like they just went at you with a giant hole punch.

    3. Christopher Woods (59 months ago | reply)

      Wow, that looks cool! And disgusting, but mostly cool :D

      I had one of those on my back for a couple of years - recentl it became infected, swelled right up and was hot (and painful) to touch - my doc put me on a course of a penicillin analogue, something called Erythroped A, and he resumed my prescription for Minocycline (which I was on a couple of years ago because I don't have the best skin anyway).

      Anyway, I was on this Erythroped for a few days, and the doc did say this would hapen, but it swelled right up then started to weep - and when I accidentally tore the skin over the head I thought "well, I can't just leave it" - so I gave it the gentlest of squeezes and it ALL came out.

      I'm not a squeamish person, but I was disgusted. Fortunately I'd just had a shower, so I had clean skin and hands - but it was HORRIBLE! So much crap inside it... And now I have a sizeable hole where it all came out of, which I've cleaned thoroughly, put a big plaster on top of, and done my best to keep clean - but it was abbsssollluuutteelly horrible.

      I've tried taking a few photos of it (of course! haha) but I'm on my own here at the moment, and its position doesn't help trying to get a good shot of it - it's just off-centre, on the top of my back just below the nape of my neck. It's still weeping a bit though, and it's disgusting.

      Maybe in hindsight I should've just had the whole thing removed last year... But I never knew it would get as bad as it did before it got better! If I have one again in the future I'll definitely consider proactive removal :D

      Did it feel weird when you had yours removed? Was it done under a local or general?

    4. mugsniffer (56 months ago | reply)

      Wow, that's quite a story, Christopher Woods. It does sound like a truly disgusting experience, but I really wish i could have been there to see it. I really deeply longed for something like that to happen with mine (and i did not always give it the most gentle of squeezes i can assure you), but alas it stayed buried under the skin until the doctor dude sliced it out.

      As far as the experience itself of having it removed, i believe they did give me a local anesthetic, but it still felt like a considerable amount of "pinching" was taking place during the actual incision. Also, i could feel the blood running down my back which I didn't particularly enjoy, but the site of the cyst after the fact made me feel better.

      you should have seen the nurse's face when i asked her to put my cyst in some formaldehyde for me to take home! priceless!

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      mokolabs, embarrassingillnesses, somedaydriver, Look In The Tunk, and pleeeeease added this photo to their favorites.

    6. Allen Rendell (44 months ago | reply)

      this is gross. I have one on my back, and I've drained it many times. It even got huge and became a crater. now it draines out of a new hole. My question is...after removal, has it reappeared? or is life much better after its gone. should I get the surgery?

    7. mugsniffer (43 months ago | reply)

      Yeah get the surgery. Once it's gone, it's gone and it's not coming back. Unless, of course, you're unlucky and lightning strikes twice in the same spot.

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      camikamm added this photo to her favorites. (40 months ago)

    9. camikamm (40 months ago | reply)

      Awesome. Its so cool you asked to keep it!

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      .bijou added this photo to her favorites. (39 months ago)

    11. ugly hugo (37 months ago | reply)

      that is delightfully graphic. way to be.

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      wallofhair added this photo to his favorites. (37 months ago)

    13. jeffrojr (33 months ago | reply)

      it looks chewy.

    14. newplasticmachine (32 months ago | reply)

      DUDE

    15. ososment (31 months ago | reply)

      haahhhaha

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      ♥ shhexy corin ♥ added this photo to her favorites. (31 months ago)

    17. 715mlm (23 months ago | reply)

      OK so I had one of these removed surgically a week ago tomorrow. THe surgeon left it open because of the infection. However, I want to know why the whole doesnt look like its closeing yet. HOw long will it take to close? ANy one?

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      blooded added this photo to her favorites. (20 months ago)

    19. herrdoktor piter de vries (19 months ago | reply)

      if you had two, you would have a nice set of earplugs.

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