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[Jacksinthe]

I am now afraid of life, itself. I'll ask the same question I always do... Why did I click?

 

[OraleeWey]

exactly what part of his body that is? the reddit link says it's above his ass, but my mind can't comprehend where exactly it is. are those his legs at the bottom of the pic?

No, those are his ass checks. The cyst grew just above his ass checks on his lower back.

 

[agrajag]

I don't know what I was expecting.

 

[Ivan 3414]

Mm... Looks like a cold bowl of jambalaya.

 

[BlackNMild2k1]

It made me think back to Predator, when Jesse Ventura got carved out like a bowl.

It's gross, but I can't help but think about getting some cereal now.

 

[Mariolee]

As an aspiring pre-med student, this is the stuff I look forward to.

It's so cool. I mean you could literally eat a bowl of cereal on there.

 

[Antiwhippy]

How do you survive having so much flesh taken out or having such a big internal area exposed anyway?

 

[Meffer]

HOW DOES HE POOP? HE CAN'T SIT!

 

[Snkfanatic]

As an aspiring pre-med student, this is the stuff I look forward to.

It's so cool. I mean you could literally eat a bowl of cereal on there.

Good God man! haha

 

[TommyT]

"That's just another day at work" from my wife as we looked at the pic. She works at a Mohs surgery clinic.

 

[Silky]

This is why u don't eat ass

 

[Winterfang]

For anyone who didn't click: This is accurate.

You liar!!! I clicked on it thinking is wasn't going to be that bad. Is much much worse that what this pic implies.

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

I dont get it, there's a huge hole in his butt. How can he sit down now? Are they going to fill it in with something? Can he still poop?

 

[88random]

Good thing I'm not so easily disgusted

 

[RyougaSaotome]

Well that was certainly an interesting experience.

 

[Intheflorsh]

WOW

 

[PackerinMN]

I had one of those things Freshman year of college in my gooch. It was incredibly painful. I can't imagine. Barf.

 

[richiek]

This is why I unsubscribed from r/WTF.

 

[EclipseGST]

Eh...not impressed

 

[CodonAUG]

r/popping has a lot of this kind of stuff, but milder.

 

[TheGreyHulk]

OMG

I was expecting a cyst with puss and shit.... I wasn't expecting to see a giant crater fire an ass crack.

 

[Amagon]

My favorite subject because I have a few in the back of my neck/head area and had surgery 2 times but it still won't go away. I fucking hate it.

 

[beasty]

This is why u don't eat ass

You can have cysts in your mouth and genitals. Before you do anything in life just ask yourself, is it worth? If so, then YOLO.

 

[FTF]

omg...is there a before pic? How could one let a cyst get that big?

 

[Roubjon]

Half cheese, half salsa and have a nacho party probably. It's what I'd do.

I was almost okay with the picture until I read this.

 

[Broder Salsa]

Kyoufu?

 

[Rawket Lawnchair]

 

[MisterHero]

Jesus Christ

One proposed cause of pilonidal cysts is ingrown hair. Excessive sitting is thought to predispose people to the condition because they increase pressure on the coccyx region. Trauma is not believed to cause a pilonidal cyst; however, such an event may result in inflammation of an existing cyst. However there are cases where this can occur months after a localized injury to the area. Some researchers have proposed that pilonidal cysts may be the result of a congenital pilonidal dimple Excessive sweating can also contribute to the cause of a pilonidal cyst. Moisture can fill a stretched hair follicle, which helps create a low-oxygen environment that promotes the growth of anaerobic bacteria, often found in pilonidal cysts. The presence of bacteria and low oxygen levels hamper wound healing and exacerbate a forming pilonidal cyst.

The condition was widespread in the United States Army during World War II. More than eighty thousand soldiers having the condition required hospitalization; the average length of these wartime hospital stays was 55 days. The condition was termed "jeep seat" or "Jeep riders' disease", because a large portion of people who were being hospitalized for it rode in Jeeps, and prolonged rides in the bumpy vehicles were believed to have caused the condition due to irritation and pressure on the coccyx.

Stay active bruhs

 

[Raxious]

I had something like this but then pretty much right above my butthole, wound ended up being 7cm long and 5cm deep. Went into surgery 3,5 years ago, it still isn't closed

 

[Surface of Me]

Glad I have a job where I stand all day and I practice good hygiene. Sounds like my roommate is at high risk though.

 

[Red Arremer]

omg...is there a before pic? How could one let a cyst get that big?

Again, the size of the cyst isn't determined by time - the person who had that surgery didn't "let it get big". Those fuckers sneak up on you over the course of 2-3 days. The hole is not the size of the cyst, either. They have to take away the affected tissue AND tissue surrounding it, because otherwise it might get affected as well - if they didn't, there would be a big risk of developing another cyst. The one the OP posted is a really big one, hence they had to cut down to the bone.

 

[AuthenticM]

I should not have clicked that link.

How does one avoid getting one of these ?

Jesus Christ



Stay active bruhs

Christ. I'm getting a standing desk as soon as I'm done with school. Fuck sitting.

 

[Despera]

For some reason the fact the hole is almost a perfect circle makes it less disgusting.

 

[Red Arremer]

I should not have clicked that link.

How does one avoid getting one of these ?

There's no way of completely avoiding it. There's only ways to minimize the risk.
Risk factors include overweight, poor hygiene, lots of hair in the region, sitting all day/a lot, and sweating.

Also, shaving the area can also be as much of a risk factor as not shaving, because when the hair grows back, there's risk of it growing in and infecting.

 

[tapedeck]

Not gonna click. I'd like to eat lunch soon.

 

[User 479360]

Close to a decade ago, I had a similar procedure done to remove pilonidal cysts that had developed in that area. They cut them out and let everything grow back together naturally.

I expected to be in a ton of pain, based on what others on the Internet had described, but I was surprised by how little it actually hurt. I used the painkillers (Percs) for maybe 4 days, then stopped.

Guess I was lucky. The pain they caused while sitting and the smell that came from them being gone was a relief.

 

[Legendarybeepa]

I wasn't going to click. I read the thread and then clicked. Weekend ruined.

Like others have asked, how the hell does this even heal? I really want to know.

 

[Jarrod38]

Is there a echo?

 

[LProtag]

Welp, I screamed.

 

[Rocket Punch]

Ok. I actually gasped. That's impressive.

I wanna see what it looked like before tho.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Oh Jeez. thank god I didn't watch this before lunch.

 

[ciD_Vain]

I actually dropped my phone

Spoiler

on my bed

upon seeing that horrific image. JESUS CHRIST

 

[Boogalogist]

No click! No click! Bail out! Sounds scary as fuck. Don't wanna be scarred for life.

 

[aGuyInaBearSuit]

I had a decently sized (But nowhere near THAT size) one surgically removed last year, and it's no fun. I was confined to my bed for two weeks and had a weird rubber pad I wore on my back for that whole time. I still have the scar from it.

The dangers of being hairy.

 

[Raxious]

I wasn't going to click. I read the thread and then clicked. Weekend ruined.

Like others have asked, how the hell does this even heal? I really want to know.

it's a fairly simple healing process.

You'll clean it with water. ( usually under the shower )
Fill it completely with bandaging gauze.
repeat it every day.


The thing about these wounds is that a doctor usually prefers it to keep it open, because of the flesh that's removed the wound needs to heal from the inside. If u were to simply put a bandage on it will still close, however just because the skin has healed doesn't mean that what's under it has healed as well. Also, by keeping it open and cleaning it, you actually have less chance of infections then you could have if u were to close it up.

 

[McBryBry]

That was......no words.

I've had two cysts in my life, neither left anything THAT bad. One on my neck, which was removed and there isn't even a scar anymore. And one on my arm, which was very recent so it's still healing up some. But it isn't THAT. No, it looks like a normal, small stitched together incision. Not......that.

 

[bggrthnjsus]

once when i was helping drain one of those in medical school i got sprayed in the face by the contents

 

[Kinyou]

As an aspiring pre-med student, this is the stuff I look forward to.

It's so cool. I mean you could literally eat a bowl of cereal on there.

"Hi, my name is Steve-O and this is ass cereal"

 

[Ahasverus]

Life just hates some people.

 

[dekline]

Somebody should eat cereal out of it