Lumps on cheeks

We may feel unfamiliar with the term sebaceous cyst. In fact, sebaceous cyst is what we call cyst in daily life. Cyst is a relatively common disease. Cyst can appear in any part of the body. Many people have had cyst in life. Cyst is a benign type, so when a healthy person develops cyst, it will not attract special attention.

When a lump appears on the cheek and there is redness and swelling on the surface, it may be a problem of sebaceous cyst infection. If there is no redness or swelling and it is just below the skin, it may be a problem of inflamed and swollen lymph nodes. If there is redness and swelling on the surface, you need to take oral anti-inflammatory drugs and apply some detoxifying ointment for treatment. Once the inflammation subsides, you will need to go for surgical removal. If it is the subcutaneous lymph nodes, you need to take oral cephalosporins plus metronidazole and some Pueraria lobata for anti-inflammatory treatment. Generally, you can recover in a week. Be careful not to stay up late, overwork, and do not eat spicy and irritating foods.

What is a sebaceous cyst

Sebaceous cyst, commonly known as cyst, is the most common mass lesion on the body surface clinically. It is benign pathologically, but sometimes it may become malignant. The human skin is covered with sebaceous glands that secrete oil, which are located in the dermis. When the discharge of sebum is blocked, the sebum accumulates in the sebaceous gland cavity to form cysts. It often occurs in sebum-rich areas such as the head, face, back and buttocks. The diameter of the lump is usually 1 to 3 cm, with clear boundaries. A small black dot is often seen in the thin skin in the center of the lump. This is the opening of the sebaceous gland, and cheese-like substance can be squeezed out by squeezing it hard. The accumulated sebum is milky white and semi-fluid. It can produce a foul odor when decomposed by bacteria and often leads to secondary infection to form abscesses. Surgery is the only cure. When removing the cyst, a fusiform incision consistent with the direction of the skin grain is chosen to remove the cyst together with the surface skin, and the cyst wall is completely removed to prevent recurrence.

It is worth noting that, in addition to the face, when sebaceous cysts in other parts of the body are infected, primary surgery to remove the infected cysts and suture them will speed up healing and avoid long-term dressing changes. Facial sebaceous cysts must be treated surgically after the inflammation is under control to avoid prolonged surgical wounds that affect beauty.

What should patients with sebaceous cyst not eat?

People with sebaceous cysts cannot eat greasy food. Sebaceous cysts are mainly caused by obstruction of the sebaceous gland excretion duct, which causes the sebaceous gland cystic epithelium to swell with the gradually increasing contents, forming a retention cyst. Therefore, for sebaceous cysts, we should try to reduce the secretion of sebaceous glands, eat a light diet, eat more vegetables and fruits rich in vitamins, avoid spicy, greasy and irritating foods, avoid staying up late, get more rest, and avoid smoking and drinking!

Reduce the intake of fried, spicy, and nut foods: This type of food can easily stimulate the growth of acne and acne, so if you want to reduce the problem of acne, acne, or acne, you must first change your eating habits, drink more water and eat more vegetables and fruits to speed up the body's metabolism and promote the cell's ability to detoxify.

Due to the different physical conditions of patients, we divide dietary care according to their physical conditions.

Dry skin: The skin is dry and has less oil, so after the operation you should eat more beans, alkaline substances such as soybeans, red beans, black beans, kelp, seaweed, fruits and vegetables.

But be careful not to eat dog meat, shrimp, crab, fish and other foods. If you have the habit of drinking water, you can take some more peach blossoms.