Monthly Archives: January 2020

The Story of a College Football Star and a Pilonidal Cyst

This is the story of a college football Star and a Pilonidal Disease. Let’s call him Tony, is a star tight end for a California College football team, not far from San Francisco.  He tolerated his nuisance pilonidal abscess (also called a pilonidal cyst) throughout the football season and school year, waiting until school’s endContinue reading “The Story of a College Football Star and a Pilonidal Cyst”

This dude is a pilonidal expert. For those that don’t know what this is, it’s this really annoying cyst in your butt crack that makes it hurt to sit down. It’s like having a zit / bruise on the end of your spinal cord. This doctor always relieves my pain and is a very niceContinue reading “High praise from a grateful sufferer of an acute pilonidal abscess that was drained with great relief”

My Senior Year of College was Ruined by a Bad Operation for my Pilonidal Cyst

I feel that we doctors are in a rut when it comes to the care of pilonidal problems.  ER, Urgent Care, Pediatricians, Dermatologists, and Internists often have a tough time making the diagnosis and even a more difficult time directing the proper path for treatment.  More concerning is that many surgeons who ultimately treat theContinue reading “My Senior Year of College was Ruined by a Bad Operation for my Pilonidal Cyst”