Your doctor may use one of the following methods to remove your cyst: Conventional wide excision. This completely removes a cyst but can leave a long scar. Minimal excision. A method that causes minimal scarring but carries a risk that the cyst will return. Laser with punch biopsy excision.

Treatments can involve steroid injections, drainage, or surgical removal. Left untreated, these cysts can become quite large, uncomfortable, or unsightly, which could require surgery. Getting a sebaceous cyst treated early can prevent the need for surgical intervention.

Options include: Draining the cyst. The doctor cuts the cyst and pushes out the gunk inside. Cysts can still return after this. Injecting medicine into the cyst to reduce swelling if it’s tender, swollen or growing, Removing it by minor surgery to take out the entire cyst wall. This usually keeps them from coming back. Laser removal.

A cyst can be injected with steroids. This can reduce inflammation and the cyst may not need to be drained. But infected cysts may need to be cut and drained. To do this, your provider makes a hole in (punctures) the top and removes the contents. Large cysts can come back after this procedure and may have to be surgically removed (excised).

If required, the cyst can usually be easily removed by a simple operation under local anaesthetic. The surrounding skin is numbed by injecting some local anaesthetic. A small cut is made over the cyst. It can then be gradually teased out by the doctor. The wound is then stitched up. A small scar will result.