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THERE ARE FAIRLY GRAPHIC PICTURES INCLUDED IN THIS POST!
THERE ARE FAIRLY GRAPHIC PICTURES INCLUDED IN THIS POST!
So today Fred had a sabaceous cyst removed. A sabaceous cyst is a closed sac below the surface of the skin that has a lining that resembles the uppermost part of a hair follicle and filles with fatty white, semi-solid material called sebum. Sbum is produced by sebaceous glads of the epidermis. (according to Wikipedia). Well Fred has had this one for several months, we had an MD friend of ours look at it when it first appeared and he said that unless it starts growing it should be fine. And sometimes they go away on their own. Well a couple of weeks ago this sucker decided to have a growth spurt and cause Fred pain. So Fred saw our primary care doctor and he scheduled a time to remove. Thank-fuly the cyst decrease insize and pain inbetween the original visit and the surgery. So at least Fred was more comfortable.
The procedure was pretty simple. Poke a big hole in Fred's face, drain it all out, remove the gland, and stitch him up. The only small complication was the cyst had started to be infected and eating the linning of the gland away. So there was some extra fluid from that. There was also a lot more oil puss than expected. They are sending everything off for biopsy. Just to be safe, there are not expecting there to be a problem.
But poor Fred is uncomfortable today. Even though they did give him a numbing agent he still felt a good deal of what was going on. Also he had a cavitiy filled Wednesday which is still a little tender and to top it all off his sinuses have be all out of wack. But overall he his being a real trooper :)
To reall look at the pictures I suggest double clicking the picture so you can see it in it's full size.
The procedure was pretty simple. Poke a big hole in Fred's face, drain it all out, remove the gland, and stitch him up. The only small complication was the cyst had started to be infected and eating the linning of the gland away. So there was some extra fluid from that. There was also a lot more oil puss than expected. They are sending everything off for biopsy. Just to be safe, there are not expecting there to be a problem.
But poor Fred is uncomfortable today. Even though they did give him a numbing agent he still felt a good deal of what was going on. Also he had a cavitiy filled Wednesday which is still a little tender and to top it all off his sinuses have be all out of wack. But overall he his being a real trooper :)
To reall look at the pictures I suggest double clicking the picture so you can see it in it's full size.
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