So Strange - have you hear of this? A worried mum - Hair Problems Message Board

mipps · 01-24-2004, 05:00 PM

I would love to know if anyone has any idea of how/what something like this can happen.

My son is 19 and has had a blocked serbaceous cyst, which doc diagnosed, just near his tailbone (not visible, but now feels about 4cms long) . Below the cyst, just along the crease where his cheeks meet, he has about 10 holes that seep clear fluid (been there for a couple of years).

Yesterday, my son very relunctantly asked me to have a look. I noticed 2 holes looked black, I got a pair of tweezers and pulled a lock of hair, about 2.5 cms long out of each hole. The hair was dead straight and was damp, but when it dried, there were about 8-12 strands of hair. It looked exactly like it had been cut from someones head. It was not curly or springy, but pulled out straight like a splinter.

I am so totally dumbfounded and I can't explain it.

Any ideas?????

mipps · 01-24-2004, 11:52 PM

I have searched the net and now found out it is a condtion called
Pilonidal Cysts.

Thanks anyway.

Marti · 01-26-2004, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by mipps

I have searched the net and now found out it is a condtion called
Pilonidal Cysts.

Thanks anyway.

My husband had one of these in the exact same place several years ago. I am suprised that the Doctor didn't do Day Surgery to get rid of it. It will keep coming back until surgery is performed. The track of the cyst can go a long way and continue to become infected unless the Doctor takes care of it. It is caused by the hairs growing from different folicles but then coming out of the skin in only one folicle.

mipps · 01-30-2004, 07:54 AM

thanks Marti

auntchilada · 01-30-2004, 10:29 AM

My sister had the same thing. She had the surgery to remove it, but it still comes back a few times a year. As soon as she feels it coming back, the doc puts her on antibiotics and it goes away.