--- In Pilonidal_Support@yahoogroups.com, "skinnnypete"
<skinnnypete@y...> wrote:
>
> Hello to yall. I am a 28 yo male who had surgery for my cyst on 10-
11-
> 05. I have had no pain as of yet, but everything I am reading tell
me
> just wait, it will come. Great :-( The doctor told me it would be
an
> open wound. What should I be expecting.
>
> Phil
>
> skinnnypete@y...
> (yes there are 3 n's)
>


UPDATE
It has now been 6 weeks since my surgery. All is well. I had a dull
ache for the first 5-6 days, but after that, nothing. My doc is
letting this heal as an open wound.

Once everyweek I would go in to see him and he would use a q-tip
(small wooden stick with cotton at the end of it) which had been
dipped in an 85% solution of phenol to swab out the inside of the
wound. The phenol chemically burns the skin.

The idea is to scar the wound area as much as possible. Because as I
an you all know, hair doesn't grow on a scar.

I have one last treatment and that will be then end of them.


Phil.