Hair removal before surgery may be beneficial

(Herald Times Reporter)- Q. I have a smelly pilonidal cyst that keeps coming back, and a very hairy butt. My general surgeon suggested I get laser treatments to get rid of the hair in between my cheeks before having surgery, because there is a high recurrence of these cysts even with surgery. I was reading that permanent hair removal also may prevent or even cure pilonidal cysts. Is it worth trying hair removal first?

A. The term pilonidal means "nest of hairs" in Latin. It gets its name from the theory that pilonidal cysts occur from ingrown hairs in the mid-butt region. Read more here…