Draining?

[Kate71]

I read a lot about draining. My pilonidal cyst (which is there since 1991...) has never drained itself, except for the two times it got heavily infected and burst open.

[fearful]

did you take anything for it evertime it got infected? did u take special care all those years? ie, washig, products, posture etc etc
and did it leave a bump each time it 'went on holiday?'
awaiting reply
thanks
fearful

[Kate71]

Sorry for my delayed answer; I never looked at this topic again.

Fearful, I never took special care, and it never left a bump in between flare ups.
Flare ups were probably related to a combination of circumstances: hormones, wrong posture etc. I've always been very hygienic, especially when it comes to my cleft. Personally I think it's impossible to prevent flare ups. Well, at least when you just gave birth and you're breastfeeding your baby 8 times a day, sitting on your butt...
Last summer I had another flare up which I think was triggered by horseriding (a long and bumpy ride with sweat and dirt involved).
Of course I could skip horse-riding from my list of hobbys, but I do not want my pilo to control my life. So I decided to control my pilo instead: I will have surgery next week.

[calimedeiros]

mine did drain all the time, i had a pin hole in the midle line and the actuall cyst just about 1 inch to the the left of the pin hole, the only time it wouldn't drain it self was when that pin hole got clogged with debris, but all u have to do is massage your cyst, it will slowly build up pressure and that little hole will eventually open, u will actually feel it right away when some fluid comes out, it actually feels good, i would think failure to massage your cyst and open that hole again, it would just creat other tracks and form new holes, which is how they get worse, so just some advise if you cant get to surgery in the near future, touch your cyst, lol sounds dirty, but massage it move it around if you have a pin hole it will drain, if you ignore it your pin hole becomes dirty, clogged, cyst begins to grow, build pressure and form new tracks and holes, which is bad news when surgery time comes around.