Treatment for a pilonidal cyst is usually first draining it or having surgery to remove it ... less painful and causing them ...

Rachael Misfud, 38, was diagnosed with cancer nine months after being waitlisted for what was thought to be a benign cyst removal. "I keep thinking, what would have happened if there had been any more ...

Riding in jeeps, touring in tanks and taking the bumps of basic training have caused such an increase in pilonidal ... for 30 days in each cyst case before resorting to surgery.