It s not clear what causes a pilonidal sinus.
Pilonidal sinus hair removal cream.
A total of 1 960 patients with pilonidal sinus treated surgically from 1980 to 1996 in three hospitals of the deutsche bundeswehr were eligible for the study.
A prevailing theory for pilonidal disease is that a loose hair works its way under your skin.
To study potential benefits of postoperative epilation after pilonidal sinus surgery the long term effect of hair removal on pilonidal recurrence was investigated.
Washing your natal cleft every day to prevent hairs building up and removing hair from the area by waxing or using a hair removal cream may help to prevent an infection.
This study is comparing two hair removal treatments for people with pilonidal disease.
Regular hair removal with a razor was recommended for.
Causes of pilonidal sinus.
Infected hair follicles usually cause these cysts to develop.
Recently laser hair depilation has emerged as another option for hair removal.
Are there any alternatives to surgery.
Initial treatments include sitz.
It can be a good idea to regularly check yourself for a pilonidal sinus.
Tissue forms around it and this creates the sinus tract.
A pilonidal cyst is a sac filled with hair and skin debris that forms at the bottom of your tailbone.
This may either be hair growing around the buttock area or loose hair shed from the buttocks or elsewhere that gathers around the buttock cleft and enters the pilonidal sinus.
Doctors recommend preventing repeat infections by shaving or regularly using hair removal creams to keep the affected area free of hair.
Surgery is the most dependable way to remove the pilonidal sinus and pockets of infection.
Laser hair removal along with shaving or hair removal creams and shaving or hair removal creams alone.