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My sebaceous cyst on my scalp has burst and is infected but my antibiotics don't seem to help. i've lost the hair around it too. what can i do?
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Cyst: You may need some local wound care so please have the site evaluated by a board-certified facial plastic surgery
Answered 8/20/2016
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