Medicare covers sebaceous cyst removal when medically necessary. This includes cases where the cyst causes bleeding or pain, shows signs of inflammation or infection, or has recently gotten larger.

Popping a sebaceous cyst at home by yourself could increase your risk for inflammation, infection, and discomfort. In short, this is a cyst your doctor is better off removing. Keep reading to find out ...

Skin cysts, or sebaceous cysts, are slightly hardened, fluid-filled bumps under the skin. When a person feels them, they are moveable. They often affect the face, neck, and torso. The term “sebaceous ...

Q. I had mild acne for years and have been taking care of it myself since I was a teenager. Now I’ve been told I have sebaceous cysts, which are much worse. Would you please explain what sebaceous ...

Cysts, abscesses and lipomas all have one common feature: they cause a lump or bump on the skin. All three are very common and I literally remove a hundred or more lipomas and sebaceous cysts a year.

A 77-year-old Caucasian man presents with an epidermoid cyst on his scalp, in the left parietal area. He tells you he has had the cyst for many years and it always seemed to remain the same. He is ...