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[retaly]

Oh my God....I just got it....wow I'm like a totaly ditz (can you say dumb blonde??)...

When you were saying "fat cysts" I though you meant that they were big and fat (as opposed to being small and composed of "fat")......That would be "Special Sarah" for ya.....I though you had some kind of acne dysmorphic disorder.....

I think proper surgical extraction would help you...just a prick at the surface and a good gentle squeeze should get rif of 'em with only a very tiny risk of scarring (almost no risk at all).....

50,000IU of vitimin A a day is pretty much a kin to a toxic dose of vitamin A. You liver converts the vitamin A esters (usually retinyl palimtate or retinyl acetate) into trans- retinoic acid and cis-9-retinoic acid and cis-13 retinoic acid (isotretonin). OD'ing on a vitamin A supplement could be comparable to a micrdosing on Acctuane.......it may shrink upo you sebaceous glands slightly, but can have some dangerous side effects.....

OD'ing on Vitamin A should require the same liver monitering that Accutane users require......

hey i know alots of blondes that 'aint dumb
about vitamin a.. i heard its not healthy but i saw articles that saying that 200,000units per day is survvived with no problem.... for max period of year, i took 50,000 but it didnt help me much

can i do this surgical extraction by myself?

[beentheredonethat]

I would get a derm to do it, personally. It's not like lancing a zit, you don't want to breach the wall of the sac - you need to work the whole thing out intact, and i'd prefer that the person who's doing it is well practiced, especially if it was on my face.

[LabGirl81]

I would get a derm to do it, personally. It's not like lancing a zit, you don't want to breach the wall of the sac - you need to work the whole thing out intact, and i'd prefer that the person who's doing it is well practiced, especially if it was on my face.

Yeah...I agree....it's not quit like popping a zit.....it requires a derm who know what they're doing

[heymikey]

I have a couple of these sebaceous cysts on my nose and cheeks. If I have them surgically removed, will it leave a scar?

[beentheredonethat]

It depends. For small ones, probably not. Larger ones require larger incisions and so there is a greater possibility of scarring.

[beentheredonethat]

Damn, all this talking about sebaceous cysts made the one on my upper back wake up! It's all itchy and painful and surrounded by about an inch of red skin... emergency derm appointment this afternoon.