Medicare covers sebaceous cyst removal when medically necessary. This includes cases where the cyst causes bleeding or pain, shows signs of inflammation or infection, or has recently gotten larger.

Cysts, abscesses and lipomas all have one common feature: they cause a lump or bump on the skin. All three are very common and I literally remove a hundred or more lipomas and sebaceous cysts a year.

As our small cockapoo mix dog has gotten older, all sorts of skin growths have started to appear, but the ones that have freaked me out the most are the ones that burst periodically. Our vet calls ...

A 77-year-old Caucasian man presents with an epidermoid cyst on his scalp, in the left parietal area. He tells you he has had the cyst for many years and it always seemed to remain the same. He is ...

Become familiar with facial bumps that are harmless, including milia, sebaceous hyperplasia, seborrheic keratoses, and ...