Fans didn't have to wait long—Dr. P posted the packing removal video just a few hours later. "Part 2: packing removal! 👉🏼🎀👈🏼 #drpimplepopper #cyst," she captioned the video.

Fans didn't have to wait long—Dr. P posted the packing removal video just a few hours later. "Part 2: packing removal! 👉🏼🎀👈🏼 #drpimplepopper #cyst," she captioned the video.

The cyst can also become infected and form an abscess, or a painful, puss-filled pocket. Once branchial cysts begin growing, doctors will advise immediate removal to prevent further infection.

Kai Davidson, 27, pictured when the cyst became infected and swelled up in June 2025.© @_lifeofkaiiii_ / TikTok Kai Davidson, 27, after surgery to remove the infected cyst. @_lifeofkaiiii_ ...

The cyst comes back or is likely to come back. Incision and drainage doesn't work. You have a fever or other symptoms of an infection. Your doctor thinks you might have sepsis or an STI. Surgery A ...

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It may resemble a pit or small depression in the skin. According to the Pilonidal Support Alliance, 99% of the cysts are abscesses, which are pockets of infection underneath the skin.

Still, even after an infection has been treated, a dermoid cyst will not go away on its own. Only surgical extraction of the entire sac will remove the cyst.

Thankfully, the results showed that the cyst was noncancerous, but doctors recommended removal due to its size and potential risks of infection or leakage. The surgery and recovery ...

Q: My son, 17, developed a pilonidal cyst in June and also had a bad infection from it. The surgeon refused to operate while he was infected. The cyst was just gross - so much blood and other yuck.

Surgery reduced her weight from 708 pounds to 400 pounds. The lost weight represents the cyst and layers of stretched, dying and infected tissue, which surgeons removed from the abdominal wall.