Stephanie Warkotsch thought it was a hormonal pimple and popped it, but then it started growing again and "got bigger and ...

It was a sebaceous cyst, which had become infected when she popped it. She had to take antibiotics for four weeks. "I freaked out because I knew the only way to get it out was to surgically remove it.

Medicare covers the removal of sebaceous cysts and other benign skin lesions if it is medically necessary. Dermatologists may consider the removal necessary if it meets Medicare’s established ...

Cysts that look smooth, both to the naked eye and in diagnostic images, are almost always benign. If the lump has solid components due to tissue rather than liquid or air, it could be either ...