Recovering from pilonidal surgery? Learn when it’s safe to sit, walk, drive, return to work, exercise, or play sports. Realistic timelines and recovery tips from experts.

Jan 16, 2015 · Here's my Cleft Lift Surgery Recovery Log. I've adopted BrianS's excellent bullet point style: Pain/previous surgeries: See my previous post. Just one lancing/draining prior to the cleft lift. …

Mar 25, 2024 · Fortunately, the cyst wasn't too deep or complicated from examination, requiring only excision with primary closure. Surgery went well, I had stitches from the top of my midline down …

Jul 30, 2008 · I had the Cleft done April 4th, This was my first surgery. I had the cyst for about two years. My wound healed up pretty good but a month post op my wound was still rejecting undilsoved …

Jun 24, 2014 · Initially they found pits with two tunnels into the cyst, which was infected. Due to my PCOS, I had hair in the area that aggravated the cyst. We initially just kept the area clean of hair, …

A wound is any break in your skin’s protective barrier, whether from an accident or surgery. With pilonidal surgery, the wound is created intentionally to remove an infected area and help you heal. …

Most Pilonidal surgery wounds will have drainage; it’s a regular part of the healing process. Think of your wound as a construction site, and the debris from all that construction is drainage and something …

Learn about the different types of anesthesia used for Pilonidal Disease surgery, including twilight sleep, spinal block, and general anesthesia.

Dec 25, 2018 · We mostly champion a surgery called "cleft lift" which has a low rate of recurrance and short recovery time (Personal note, my surgery seems to have failed but recovery was so quick I still …

Mar 22, 2013 · Hey everyone, I've been checking out the forums for a while now and decided to go through with the cleft lift procedure for my pilonidal. My surgery went...