Ingrown hair cysts can usually be treated at home. Taking steps like stopping shaving, keeping the area clean, and applying over-the-counter medications will ease symptoms while the cysts heal.

Cystic-acne sufferers know that a cyst is not the same beast as your garden-variety pimple. While whitehead pimples sit on the surface of the skin (which, though unsightly, means they’re easier ...

This technology will allow users to interact with everyday textiles or specialized clothing by simply pointing their finger above a sensor. A team of researchers from Nottingham Trent University ...

A pilonidal cyst, sometimes called pilonidal disease, is a fluid-filled sac that usually occurs on the tailbone at the top of the buttocks. It usually starts as an infection of a hair follicle in the ...

A heavily tattooed man known as the “Human Satan” due to his extreme body transformations says he's had his fingers amputated in an attempt to turn his hands into claws. Michel 'Diabão ...

Dr. Lee, 54, has a tendency to compare her patients’ growths to food. The contents of an epidermoid cyst can look like mashed potatoes. The sebum inside a steatocystoma is smoother, like custard.

Objective: Primary squamous cell carcinomas (PSCCs) arising in intracranial epidermoid cysts (IECs) are very rare, and their management and prognostic factors remain unclear. This study aimed to ...

Actress Ha Jae-sook announced the recurrence of her epidermoid cyst and expressed feelings of depression. On the 27th, Ha Jae-sook shared on social media that her epidermoid cyst has recurred.

to a customer’s account in a ‘fat finger’ mistake. The employee at Citigroup had meant to credit the account with $280 (£220). Two co-workers even approved the astronomical sum – more tha ...

Warning: This story contains pictures some viewers may find disturbing A woman who lost all eight of her fingers to sepsis has received prosthetics based on the hands of the trainee tasked with ...

A woman who lost all eight of her fingers to sepsis has received prosthetics based on the hands of the trainee tasked with making them. Louise Marshallsay, 46, from Swansea, needed life-saving ...