Cyst Removal

Cyst removal at Centre for Surgery is led by GMC-registered plastic surgeons working from our CQC-regulated Baker Street clinic. We treat skin cysts, including epidermoid and pilar (commonly called sebaceous) cysts, by complete surgical excision. The cyst contents and the entire cyst lining are removed in one piece, because leaving any of the lining behind is the main reason cysts recur. Most cysts are removed under local anaesthetic as a day case; large, multiple, or deep cysts can be removed under TIVA in our on-site theatres. We do not perform incision and drainage as a standalone treatment because it has a high recurrence rate; we offer it only as urgent management of an actively infected cyst, with definitive excision once the inflammation has settled.