You would think that surgeons would be more willing to refer when they’re out of their comfort zone Andrew is a college student who aspires to be a doctor. Hours of study made the pilonidal abscess that he had since his mid-teens pretty unbearable. He met with a local surgeon who seemed fairly confident thatContinue reading “Get your Pilonidal Disease treated by an expert”
“Dr. Sternberg basically saved my life …” Those were the words of my very grateful 16-year-old son when he was healed after Dr. Sternberg performed the Cleft Lift operation. When my son was first diagnosed with pilonidal disease, I was in denial of the risk of complication from standard treatments and surgical procedures. The surgeriesContinue reading “‘Dr. Sternberg basically saved my life’”
We received a letter this month from a patient of The Sternberg Clinic who has successfully recovered from Pilonidal Disease after undergoing the Cleft Lift procedure at The Sternberg Clinic for Pilonidal Surgery. Read her story: What started off as something that seemed simple to correct, turned in to the worst experience of my life. Continue reading “Liz’s Story: ‘No one should have to go through this’”
I received an email in the recent past from a mother who told the story of her teen age son and the emotional toll his failed pilonidal treatments had taken on him and his family. Bill went through high school dealing with the annoying drainage, smell, and embarrassing staining. After graduation, he wanted to beContinue reading “A Mother’s Plea: Treating her Son’s Pilonidal Disease”
A story that demonstrates how much of our medical community fails in properly treating pilonidal disease: Daniel is a 17-year-old patient with pilonidal disease (often called a pilonidal cyst). He developed his first pilonidal abscess at age 16. He was treated with antibiotics and was in terrible pain for a week, after which he couldn’tContinue reading “Improper medical treatment for pilonidal disease”
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”
Andy was a star baseball player in high school. He was destined to be a division 1 college baseball star too. He was highly recruited and received a full scholarship at one of his top school choices. He had the brightest of futures. School started as did baseball practice, but something was wrong. Andy hadContinue reading “The Cleft Lift Procedure Saved my Baseball Career”
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”
I recently met with a young mother. She had been dealing with the emotional toll of living with an open wound for 3 years after 5 failed pilonidal operations. Here’s what she initially wrote to me: “Hi! I am in desperate need of help and feel this may be my last resort. I have beenContinue reading “Mother with Pilonidal Cyst”
Hey – I thought that was a saddle sore, or a sore tailbone, but my doctor told me it’s a pilonidal cyst. What do I do now??? Help! Patient Email My family and I recently attended the Jackson Wyoming Rodeo. What a hoot! My 4 yo boy and 7 yo girl (in a skirt) rodeContinue reading “That’s not Saddle Sore. Discovering Pilonidal Disease”