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Q: Acne, Skin Disorders Question
asked by: DoctorQuestion on January 7th, 2006
I have had this pimple right below my stomach in the crease where the leg meets the stomach. It gets filled with puss and I can relieve the puss just like popping a pimple. After a few times of popping it it no longer filled with puss but left a red mark and a kind of divet. Now the puss is back. Any ideas as to what this might be?


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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD
replied on January 15th, 2006
Acne, Skin Disorders Answer A130
Tour condition may be an inflamed retention cyst of the sebaceous gland in the skin. When the outgoing canal of a sebaceal gland is blocked, the sebum might not get out, and then the whole gland enlargens and turns into a cyst filled with sebum. If an infection occurs, the skin above the cyst will normally become red; the cyst will most likely fill up with puss and become painful. It has the ability to repeat itself until the cyst is removed surgically. You can visit your doctor for a physical examination and determine how you can proceed from there.


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