Treating Pilonidal Disease in Asia and the South Pacific - The Sternberg Clinic for Pilonidal Surgery

If you live in Hawaii, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Singapore, the Philippines, or Malaysia and you’ve been diagnosed with a pilonidal cyst/disease and need surgery, or suspect that you have a pilonidal cyst/disease and may need surgery, where do you turn?

Many surgeons don’t think about the root cause of pilonidal cysts/disease, which is the deep cleft (the deep valley between one’s buttock cheeks). Often surgeons that do operate on pilonidal disease perform a wide excisional operation (where a large amount of tissue is removed) with a high recurrence rate and can make the disease worse. Since pilonidal disease is only an infection and it affects normal tissue, the removal of normal tissue is unnecessary. Pilonidal disease is an acquired infection (due to the deep cleft of affected individuals) and is not caused by a congenital cyst; hence, removing a large amount of normal tissue is not needed.

So, please don’t limit your search for a surgeon to your local region or country. Sticking with a local surgeon could set you back weeks, months, or years without proper treatment. Please search for the best surgical solution for pilonidal disease. The Cleft Lift Procedure is perhaps the best operation for pilonidal disease, and it should be curative. It’s far easier and less expensive to travel to San Francisco for an operation than to stay local and require months of wound care and an uncertain future.

“If you can travel to San Francisco to dine at a fine restaurant or see a show, you can certainly travel to San Francisco to improve your life!”

― Patient at The Sternberg Clinic

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‘I’m back to doing my daily activities again and even more’January 24, 2021
I honestly have no clue where to start. But long story short, the first time I started to notice my problem with Pilonidal Disease was back in December of 2018. Went to urgent care the next day and all theyContinue reading “‘I’m back to doing my daily activities again and even more’”
Patient Prep: Traveling to San Francisco for Pilonidal care during COVID-19November 30, 2020
This has been a difficult eight months for all of us. The time has been particularly challenging for patients with Pilonidal Disease, particularly those who must to travel outside of their local medical community to find a surgeon who canContinue reading “Patient Prep: Traveling to San Francisco for Pilonidal care during COVID-19”
‘The “Guru” of pilonidal disease’November 15, 2020
Dr. Sternberg saved my son from years of problems and potential surgeries! He is an amazing doctor and we feel so fortunate to have been referred to him. My 16-year-old son had pilonidal disease and was treated at Urgent CareContinue reading “‘The “Guru” of pilonidal disease’”