In an attempt to prevent pilonidal cysts you can remove or thin your hair.
Pilonidal sinus hair removal cream.
Are there any alternatives to surgery.
Hair removal by shaving or depilatory cream is recommended as an adjunct to standard treatment as hair is thought to play a critical role in pilonidal disease development.
Regular hair removal with a razor was recommended for.
Doctors recommend preventing repeat infections by shaving or regularly using hair removal creams to keep the affected area free of hair.
Recently laser hair depilation has emerged as another option for hair removal.
Washing your natal cleft every day to prevent hairs building up and removing hair from the area by waxing or using a hair removal cream may help to prevent an infection.
To study potential benefits of postoperative epilation after pilonidal sinus surgery the long term effect of hair removal on pilonidal recurrence was investigated.
A pilonidal cyst is a sac filled with hair and skin debris that forms at the bottom of your tailbone.
Infected hair follicles usually cause these cysts to develop.
Initial treatments include sitz.
A total of 1 960 patients with pilonidal sinus treated surgically from 1980 to 1996 in three hospitals of the deutsche bundeswehr were eligible for the study.
This study is comparing two hair removal treatments for people with pilonidal disease.
Causes of pilonidal sinus.
It can be a good idea to regularly check yourself for a pilonidal sinus.
A skin problem pressure or friction may cause hair between the buttocks to be pushed inwards.
A prevailing theory for pilonidal disease is that a loose hair works its way under your skin.
This may either be hair growing around the buttock area or loose hair shed from the buttocks or elsewhere that gathers around the buttock cleft and enters the pilonidal sinus.
Surgery is the most dependable way to remove the pilonidal sinus and pockets of infection.