How to prevent sebaceous cysts

If we want to effectively prevent sebaceous cysts, we should pay attention to skin care and maintenance, pay attention to hygiene in diet, take a bath and change clothes frequently, and do not scratch these parts with our hands to avoid local infection.

1. What should you pay attention to before treating sebaceous cyst?

People with sebaceous cysts should pay special attention to skin care, pay attention to hygiene, and take frequent baths, change clothes, and cut nails. Sebaceous cysts often occur in areas rich in sebaceous glands such as the head and face, and are prone to infection, causing local redness, swelling, tenderness, and even suppuration and rupture. Therefore, surgical excision is recommended, and the cyst wall must be completely removed during the operation, otherwise it is likely to recur.

2. TCM treatment of sebaceous cyst

1. Traditional Chinese Medicine: For those less than 0.5 cm, use a fire needle, do not hurt the deep normal tissue, squeeze out if possible, do not force it, after 2 days, you can squeeze it out with slight force, apply iodine, and deiodine with alcohol. If it does not heal once, you can treat it twice. 2) For those larger than 0.5 cm, use a micro reverse needle knife, disinfect it routinely, insert it after local anesthesia, pick open the skin 0.2-0.3 cm, knead it slightly, squeeze out the contents as much as possible, do not force it hard.

2. Western medicine treatment method of sebaceous cyst: Surgery is the only treatment for sebaceous cyst. During the operation, a fusiform skin incision can be designed along the skin grain direction on the skin connected to the cyst, especially when the duct opening is seen, and the cyst can be removed together with the cyst. Be particularly careful during separation as the cyst wall is very thin and should be removed as completely as possible. If the cyst wall remains, it is prone to recurrence. If there are symptoms of inflammation such as redness, swelling, heat and pain before surgery, the inflammation should be controlled first and surgery should be arranged later.