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Old 03-26-22, 12:41 PM
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Well when I looked up "Pilonidal Cyst". the photos show a large boil just above the butt crack sort of directly over the sacrum. I have posted here about "epidermoid cysts", "sebaceous cysts" and even "perineal nodular induration or PNI". In my case the cysts (if I get an angry one) are directly at the base of the scrotum where pressure on the saddle is concentrated. I have had to wait until the winter where I am off the bike for like 8 weeks to get a couple of angry ones to calm down. I considered surgery but am self-managing mine by scrubbing the area with soap and water and using a small amount of Shea butter directly on my scrotum and in the skin folds so that there is no pinching between my bits and a bit of my pad in my shorts. I have also written about my "poultice" of taking a slab of fresh ginger root or turmeric root, buttering it with Manuka honey and covering it with a waterproof bandaid to "wake up" a solidified inflamed sebaceous cyst with some promising results so far.
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