[Pilonidal Sinus / Abscess - Anyone Here Experience This?]

Ouch! That sounds like a painful suggestion for an absess Dill Pickle and I wouldn't recommend it myself.

Anyway, the absess is only the immediate problem, the underlying cause is a cyst, which can only be removed surgically to the best of my knowledge.

D lly

Completely correct! And just the idea of rubbing an abscess with a rough pad...very painful, makes my toenails curl, aaah!

[How Did You Get Your Nickname?]

i've got three arabian horses; mother, daughter and son. nazeer is the the name of their great- resp. their great-great-grandfather - yes, i know that i'm female, but i like arabian horse names, the name sounds good (at least to me) and i didn't have a better idea!

[Pilonidal Sinus / Abscess - Anyone Here Experience This?]

sorry, but i can only aggree with babyrobert and tell you that your sinus pilonidalis won't leave you until you get properly rid of it. antibiotics and disinfectants can sometimes help for a while, but they won't definitely cure it. the only way is surgical resection, as a sinus pilonidalis tends to become encapsulated. this means, in the periphery there is kind of a membrane of fibrous and inflammatory tissue. this membrane prevents antibiotics and disinfectants from reaching their destination, so they will not cure it completely, they just mitigate the symptoms, such as pain, swelling etc. surgical resection and the treatment afterwards are not really nice, but believe me, having seen many of them myself, complete resection really is the only chance of saying goodbye to your sinus pilonidalis!

best wishes and good luck,

nazeer