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Gosh, I'm so sorry. If it really is a pilonidal cyst, you need to have the whole area removed. They should have taken the whole thing out the first time. If it is a PC, the recovery may be uncomfortable for a few months, but if you don't take care of it now it will get more painful, and can become infected causing more painful and expensive surgeries.

Here's my free advice (lengthy but worth every penny lol)

-Make sure your surgeon understands what they are talking about, and are current with what these cysts are and treatment. Don't be afraid to get a second opinion. Ask about the length of hospital stay and post op wound care. If they want to suture it closed, get out of there. That's a good way to have a reoccurrence and infection. Which I'm guessing you don't want.

-The wound is basically like taking an ice cream scoop out of your back. It may go to the bone. It will need to be left open and will heal from the inside out. Your body will create 'granular tissue' that fills it in. In a couple of months, skin will grow to cover it. You will NOT have a lasting scar at all!

-They may offer you either 'packing' or a wound Vac. Go for the Wound Vac. It gently pulls your tissue up, and in recent studies it's been shown that the wound will heal the granular tissue faster and with less pain and trauma to that area. They will have them at the hospital, and will give you a portable one for at home. My daughter carried it in a backpack so it wasn't really noticeable. But it does make a farting sound every so often. Not awesome for a 14 y/o shy freshman :/ )

-My husband had his wound packed with gauze (back in 1983). He had to have his mom change it twice a day for 6 weeks. If this is your only option make sure you get strong pain meds. I suggest for the first month or two go to the wound care clinic and have them do it.

While at the hospital:

-Get as much information as you can. Bring someone who can be your advocate. Obviously, in our case, as her mom that was me. It has to be someone who has a cool head and can listen to the care team to process what they are saying to help you. If you don't have a person to help, keep some note cards or a journal next to you and write down all of your questions as they come to you. Make sure they are answered in a way you understand. Don't be afraid to ask more than once or twice. My thoughts on hospital staff- If you're nice, ask the nurses about their families and don't yell at them you'll get much better care. Be assertive but not aggressive.

-Take any and all pain meds you need. It might start with (most likely) morphine, but they have everything available. Don't be afraid to ask. If you have a history of abuse, they can help monitor so you don't get on fragile ground. They gave my daughter an rx for morphine patches, Vicodin and Xanax for wound changes. Because they caused her severe pain but also anxiety. She never needed the patches and she stopped needing the others after two months. She takes a Tylenol or Motrin every few weeks now. Her granular tissue is healed, her skin is getting thicker, but it's still a bit tender.

Post surgery:
You won't be able to sit on your bottom or lie on your back for a few weeks. Get this body pillow - called the Snoogle was recommended by her Physical Therapist while in the hospital. You could get one now, it might help release the pain in your lower back before surgery. It was VERY helpful and worth the trip to the baby store on the way home. These inflatable waffle pads are also great for when you can lay on your back without putting pressure on the coccyx -- and far better than the inflatable doughnuts they give to some people.

You won't be able to get it wet, so get some dry spray shampoo, and you can use these disposable wash cloths to bathe yourself as needed. Showering wasn't too hard, the wound Vac is sealed and I just set it outside the shower while she was in it. Once she was done with the wound Vac and able to shower again the wound care team recommended this tea tree body wash from Trader Joe's .

I have a list of post op necessities, I can post if want (even more) information lol. I figure knowledge is power, so if you go in knowing what you want, what to ask about, and knowing what's coming up, you'll feel more in charge and have control/agency over your own care.

Best of luck, let me know how it goes! Maybe it's not this at all :) 🤞

Yummy.

Periodically I have a TON of stuff like this come out of my ears. It used to be a lot worse.

Here's a fun story (with some useful info): I needed ear canal impressions for custom earplugs recently. Upon checking my ears, the audiologist immediately declared that one of my ears was almost completely blocked with impacted earwax and I'd have to get it cleared before I could get the impressions.

Like most people these days, it's doubtless partly due to high decibel listening - particularly using my closed cup headphones - and general assault from noisy life in general. The earwax overproduction is partly your ear defending itself, and also possibly overproduction due to irritation or environmental factors.

Apparently my eardrum was almost completely covered -- just the tiniest gap through which I was hearing (yet I heard no difference in sound whatsoever between ears, and I'm a sound engineer!).

So, in order to take the impressions you need clear ear canals. To accomplish this within a week, I used the following:

• medical grade olive oil: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Georges-Medical-Olive-Oil-Drops/dp/B002AEWSF4
  
• chemical based solution (active ingredient Urea Hydrogen Peroxide): http://www.amazon.co.uk/Otex-Express-Ear-Drops-10ml/dp/B001LK8BRW/
  
  and this MAGICAL ear syringe:
  
  
• http://www.amazon.co.uk/AcuLife-Ear-Wax-Removal-Syringe/dp/B000SOJXGA
  
  DON'T use any products that involve suction or curettess / earpicks / q-tips. You should avoid touching the incredibly sensitive eardrum at all costs.
  
  Alternating between olive oil and the chemical product I found worked well.
  
  This part is slightly messy. If you are able to sleep on your side without moving, the simplest way to loosen up the earwax is to tilt your head right over, drop olive oil right into the ear until it feels completely blocked, massage in vigorously and leave overnight. Sleep with your head on a towel.
  
  In the morning, you'll find some will have seeped out but the rest will be absorbed into the hardened earwax. Later that day, use the urea hydrogen peroxide based product for some more aggressive breakdown. Tilt your head and apply the drops, listen for the bubbling/popping as the solution produces oxygen and breaks down the earwax. Keep your head tilted for a few minutes after.
  
  A stock of paper tissues will come in useful to daub up the overflow.
  
  After a while, use the ear irrigation tool. You need to be fairly forceful depressing the plunger, and the silicone end of the syringe needs to be properly inserted all the way into your ear canal for maximum effect. To get a good angle, use your other arm, reach behind your head and pull your earlobe directly out and away from your head - that should straighten up the ear canal a bit (also works well for inserting earplugs).
  
  I suggest you use warm (not hot) water as it does feel weird to start with. It feels GREAT after a while though, and the bonus of this syringe tool with the channels on it is that you can see the earwax come out.
  
  Don't stop after you see a few flakes, there's probably 10x as much inside your ear which you just can't see. You'll feel it start to come out before you see it. Once you're making headway on flushing it out, just keep going for five or ten minutes. Repeat this process for a week and it should be all out.
  
  
  I followed these steps, along with some reading on the Internet for technique and such, and when I went to my next audiologist's appointment he complimented me that I'd done a much better job than if I'd gone to hospital to get it done. He also recommended I periodically repeat the process to keep the ears clean... Which of course I've not done. I should probably do that.

that pocket/hole was kind of a shock. I guess it's just where the pus built up, but it squeezed out the side of the area. Looks like there was another ingrown right next to the hole.

May I recommend some special "ingrown" tweezers? They were a favorite of a guy who had a massive channel devoted to ingrowns: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EMYHA8/ This isn't a commission link - I just genuinely love mine - they are great. They can get something that tiny that regular tweezers can't. A bit pricey but worth it.

I get these so frequently it's crazy. And they're huge, like 3 times the size of that. I got this thing on Amazon and it's literally a godsend because they're not dropping down the back of my throat as I try to cough them out.

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Also, happy cake day! Seems like a nice gift

InstaSkincare Blackhead and Blemish Remover Tool Kit - Esthetician Skin Care Set for F... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UOBTIQ2/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_api_KoSoxbE78R880
I had rewards to knock almost all of the price off, I do encourage everyone to sign up for an Amazon credit card btw, phenomenal rewards system

Hey, I've had stones for years & just discovered these which make an excellent tool for extraction. You can carve the spoon down to whatever shape you want with a razor. I dip in hydrogen peroxide which I think helps flush & keeps me from jamming germs into my tonsil crypts.

Good luck & welcome to the club

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0764JRG43/ref=oh_aui_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I use this comedone extractor kit, and the one I used is the one on the far right that has the pointy tip at the other end. Yes it helps the pop, it’s much easier and more comfortable than using my fingers.

Acne Care Pimple Spot Patch... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075QNC39Q?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf. These work best for me. Tea tree oil helps heal it faster

A sinus rinse kit or Neti Pot might be nice to help flush the gunk out of your sinuses. It did wonders for me after sinus surgery. It also helps with my allergies on high pollen days and clears out the sawdust breathed in while woodworking.

Salicylic acid is good stuff, and if you want to draw more pus out and protect the healing wound, hydrocolloid patches are not that conspicuous. I have tried these and like them. Avarelle Acne Absorbing Cover... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075QNC39Q?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Yup they are! I have one just like it. Here's a link on Amazon for around $5 if you can't find one. I got mine at walmart, I'm pretty sure they have them in the health/beauty isle of most stores.

Lifelong ingrown toenail sufferer here, once had one so bad it grew out of the side of my toe. When I finally went to the doctor, the nurse dry heaved when she saw it.

I feel your pain, friend, allow me to help.

• Soak your foot in hot salt water for 15-20 minutes
  
  
• I'd suggest buying some surgical scissors and cutting your ingrown along the line of the enflamed skin, then popping the nail clip out. Something like these surgical scissors will do nicely. If you can't wait they have them at Rite Aid or any comparable chain pharmacy, they're generally pretty cheap too.
  
  
• Once you've taken out the offending chunk of nail from the side wall of your toe, I'd suggest soaking a strip of cotton in hydrogen peroxide and twisting it into a strip, then you should use a nail file and pack that soaked cotton strip in between your nail and the skin. Do this a couple times a day. It will be full of puss and blood when you take it out, it's awesome. Take pictures for us!
  
  

Get an ear cleaning tool. Something like this or this.

You can use a squeeze bulb, but the specially designed ones work better. I have the cheaper one, it works fine.

http://www.amazon.com/Elephant-Washer-Bottle-Doctor-Easy/dp/B005M2B5P0

I use this on patients at work and it's seriously amazing. I get such satisfaction from removing their cerumen.

oh lord yes, even doctors use them but they generally charge about $60. This device seems to be the most popular.

You can pick up a blackhead extractor at Wal-Mart. It looks like this: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0017KCPU0

It will be cleaner and not as forceful as using fingers.

Clean your face thoroughly before and after popping.

I love how you just flung it to the floor, after grabbing it with your fingers.

Also, you might want to buy a blackhead removal tool. They are cheap.

https://www.amazon.com/BESTOPE-Blackhead-Remover-Comedone-Extractor/dp/B019SVHLEY/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=blackhead+remover&qid=1571179390&sr=8-6

This will change your life

https://www.amazon.com/NeilMed-100-Sinus-Rinse-Complete/dp/B000RDZFZ0

Squeeze it up one side while you blow your nose as hard as you can and the water blasts out the other. And all the shit comes out too. Takes a little bit to get used to but has been literally life changing for me. Just be sure to use distilled water so you don't get the amoeba...

I was having this issue. The styles were small but constant. I tried everything. Changing my make up, pillow cases, less eye make up. Two things that did it 1. Better eye make up remover 2. This thing called a bruder pac. https://www.amazon.com/Bruder-Moist-Heat-Eye-Compress/dp/B01N303YPU

Changed everything!

I have a pair of [flush cutters](https://www.amazon.com/Hakko-CHP-170-Micro-Cutter/dp/B00FZPDG1K/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=flush+cutters&qid=1565472867&s=gateway&sr=8-3) designed for electronics work that pulls double duty for ingrown toenails. Works fantastic.

Used to have similar issues. Ever try these (link below)? Basically a safety razor that leaves a light 5 o'clock shadow. Will not take the hair below the skin line, reducing the number of ingrown hairs. Not a perfect solution...obviously not completely smooth shave and have to shave daily if you have a heavy beard, but for $6 it's worth a shot imo.

Bump Fighter Shaving Kit https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0011Z3WXU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_f3agyb0FQP9XK

JPNK Blackhead Remover Tools Kits (6 Pcs) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CNMASFY/

Has worked wonderfully so far, seems quite durable so should last a very long time.

JPNK Blackhead Remover Tools 6 PCS Professional Surgical Extractor Blackhead & Blemish Remover Kit with a Leather bag https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CNMASFY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_kVwbzbT9SM3KQ

$12 Amazon. =)

IMHO, I think they are closer to this:

https://www.amazon.com/Beaute-Galleria-Stainless-Extractor-Comedones/dp/B0145MHTM0/ref=sr_1_2_s_it?s=beauty&ie=UTF8&qid=1469789952&sr=1-2&keywords=curved+tweezers+blackhead+extractor

More expensive, but the ends are curved better.

I used popsicle sticks first, rough, would not recommend. Then an oral irrigator, but I moved and couldn't fit it on the new faucet. Then an electric jet, but it's really expensive and mine broke. Now I use these syringes, and they work as well as (maybe better than) the electric jet.

You can use them one-handed and hold a flashlight in your off-hand! Fill the syringe with water (optionally add mouth rinse) then hold the syringe with your thumb and pinky on the top of the barrel and your index finger on the end of the plunger. I may have monster hands, so you may not want to fill the syringe completely (so the plunger won't stick out as far).

Tl;dr? Buy these.

Link?

Edit: InstaSkincare Blackhead and Blemish Remover Tool Kit - Esthetician Skin Care Set for Facial Acne - Easily Cure Pimples, Blackheads, Comedones, Acne, and Facial Impurities https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UOBTIQ2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_-b9IxbH4XXQ0R

Yes Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019SVHLEY

I have the same one and got it from Amazon.

It’s an excelent set, I recommend it.

Here's one for $4.99 with Amazon Prime. You won't have to wait a month for shipment :)

Beaute Galleria - Premium Stainless Steel Bend Curved Blemish Extractor Tool for Remove Comedones Whitehead Blackhead Acne Pimple https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0145MHTM0/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_tPawxbPWRD8YG

Yup. This is the one I bought:

Airgoesin™ Lighted Earwax Removal or Tonsil Stone Remover Tool, Blue, 3 Tips, Tonsillolith Pick Case + 1 Irrigator Clean https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018VMED2E/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_pJZuyb8VQ1RWH

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CNMASFY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_vhnxCbKMXYB8J

Just grab something like this. It has a few options to choose from

Because I want one as well, Here you are.

I have ear problems too and this powerful ear flusher works great. It's the same one doctors use.

https://www.amazon.com/Elephant-Washer-Bottle-Doctor-Easy/dp/B005M2B5P0

Pimple tweezers, similar to These. Very popular among Chinese poppers; I first saw them on Je’s channel, way back before she started using gloves. Dr Lee’s taken them for a test drive, too.

Versatile: tweezers, lancet, & extractor in one.

Many of the ones you’ll see in use have an eye on the other end for applying a clear “crystal jelly” to pops that are bloody. I’m guessing they do it for barrier purposes.

Just from the quick research I did, it's this tool. I'll be trying it out as well.

My wife found it as a flash sale on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/BESTOPE-Blackhead-Remover-Comedone-Extractor/dp/B019SVHLEY/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1478746937&sr=8-1&keywords=bestope

Found it on Amazon! I know what I want for my birthday.

I bought one of these https://www.amazon.com/Acu-Life-Ear-Wax-Removal-Syringe/dp/B000SOJXGA/ref=sr_1_17_s_it?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1500562523&sr=1-17&keywords=ear+wax+removal and have been doing it myself for a few years with no issues(syringe tip is angled so you can't shoot straight through your ear drum or something). Just gotta use some olive oil ear drops for like a week to soften up the ear wax then use the syringe.

Blackhead extractor-
http://www.amazon.com/Body-Toolz-Double-Loop-Facial/dp/B001B7GJ2E/ref=pd_sim_bt_6

Oral Irrigators
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002OXEURA/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I have these
They take a bit of practice but can confirm they work.

I got u fam:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018VMED2E/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_i06WCb65F33JD

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019SVHLEY/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apap_vFn1ZpZU5l5mv

Here's the one I have...there are pics with tool explanation https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019SVHLEY/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_dojPzb7PRCM1P

Here you go

Here you go.

https://www.amazon.com/BESTOPE-Blackhead-Remover-Comedone-Extractor/dp/B019SVHLEY

It's something similar to this.

Use an extractor toollike these

It’s a comedone extractor.
This is the kit I use (but I’m just an amateur)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019SVHLEY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_8XcKBbSWA3BTS

second one on the left

Order these now.

Mine just came in the mail and I used them tonight. They are fucking brilliant. As someone who has a sensitive gag reflex and found difficulty using qtips, I was able to easily shoot out all of the tonsil stones even the one that was deep that I couldn't see very well.

Super handy and has lasted well over a year!! Husband was getting sore throats and realized bad stones were in place. Had such a hard time removing until we ordered and tried this!

[Tonsil stone removal kit]

(https://www.amazon.com/AirgoesinTM-Upgraded-Remover-Tonsillolith-Irrigator/dp/B018VMED2E/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=XDXFQR1EDQ21&keywords=tonsil+stone+remover&qid=1550706132&s=gateway&sprefix=Tonsil&sr=8-3)

Really easy and practically pain free. You can feel a little bit of pressure as the water builds up against the ear drum but it’s not painful. Feels weird as the water drains out too. Just had to be quite forceful with the pressure on the syringe to really make it jet around the ear canal; and it took several (20+) flushes over 2-3hrs with warm, salty water to get it to shift. Worth the effort though.

The soft nozzle head has a 3 way jet which is angled toward the ear canal walls rather than directly at the ear drum, so there’s practically no risk of causing yourself any harm. This link is for the one I bought from Amazon (UK), you should be able to find something similar if you live in another country:

Acu Life Ear Wax Syringe - Amazon