Q. I had mild acne for years and have been taking care of it myself since I was a teenager. Now I’ve been told I have sebaceous cysts, which are much worse. Would you please explain what sebaceous ...

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.

Inside the skin there are numerous tiny glands that produce sebum, the oil that helps to lubricate the skin. The oil reaches the skin via a tiny duct, or tube, and if one of these becomes blocked, the ...

Skin cyst is a sac like lesion situated beneath the skin which is filled with fluid or pus and other secretions, and enclosed by a cyst wall. The skin is made up of 2 layers, an outer layer called the ...