Home Remedy for Bartholin Cyst that WORKS!

Hello! I know this post is quite old but this was one of the first things that popped up when I searched for home remedies for these buggers. Let me start off by saying that I’m 21 and have had 3 of these in the last year. I wanted to say that I tried this method and unfortunately it was unsuccessful and you all know the alternative.... drainage by a gyno.... I will say that this is only because according to the ultrasound tech who did an ultrasound on my swollen vagina that the infection has walled itself off with a thick barrier. Because of this info, I realized there was no way this remedy could have worked because apparently my abscess is worse than usual, partly due to this being the 3rd time. I only added this reply for those who were curious to see if it works for everyone and unfortunately my luck is crap and I was one of the few. But I will say, it did begin to work by bringing the infection more to the surface so I would most definitely give it a shot because why not!! Also, if you’re wondering, I am scheduled for surgery next week for them to put me under general anesthesia and cut it open and dig out the previous abscess that is causing this mess. Hopefully after it is completely removed by force, it will no longer return. Thanks for reading and good luck to you all! 

I'm 20 and I'm pretty sure I have a BC. I'm really scared to go to the doctor to get it looked at. I have no insurance and I honestly don't have much money. Mine is maybe as big as a pea and it's not painful. At the beginning it was more of an irritation feeling and it has mostly gone away. The reason I'm scared to go is because my boyfriend got an abscess on his buttock and he's currently in the ER, I'm not sure what's going on right now and I'm so scared. I read that this can happen by some STD's and I'm scared he gave me one. We've always used protection but there has been skin-to-skin contact~ ahem ~ down there. He's been my only sexual partner so I know if I do have an STD, it came from him. I know I should get it checked out but I have no money and I'm so scared. I read somewhere that if the cyst isn't painful or big, I should just leave it alone, can someone please tell me if I should do Phoebe's method anyway? Also, I read that when you drain it at home it leaves a hole and some comments made it seem like the hole stays for a long time and that scares me so much. It said surgery was better but, again, I have no money for that. If it does drain and I'm left with a hole, how do I treat that? How do I keep that clean from urine? Am I supposed to wear a gauze until it heals? Does it heal? Around how long? Does it look like before when it heals? I apologize for all these questions but I'm just really scared, this is my first time getting this and I hope it's my last. I'm really hoping someone replies quickly.

I just wanted to give a possible tip, three years ago I had ended up getting a couple of bartholin cysts a year only on the left side bar one that was on the right side. Mine grow quickly and explode after going through hell, this is a pain only women that get these can understand, it is horrifying as you all know. But after taking antibiotics as my cysts have been known to diminish if caught early and explode without fuss days later. Unfortunately I was too late with this one three years ago so after it grew, after some hell it exploded. Weeks later I had pain there, it was only my gp who has a diploma in obgyn that she said I had thrush. After taking the medication and needing it a second time I was free of these painful cysts for three years. I get little cysts all over my vagina.

A month ago after wearing ill advised tight pants I had another cysts in the vagina region. I refused to take antibiotics knowing that only increases the chances of thrush. But it took over three thirds of by left labia after going through that tight cycle it likes to go through which means the cyst is at its peak it took another 30 hours to feel that tightness again and it exploded. There is nothing more joyous when that happens, it took five days to fully drain. When I was going through this I read this thread instead of tumeric started taking magnesium it is easier to get for me.

A week and a half ago again I could feel something brewing in the same spot. I had taken thrush medication and used the cream the day after it exploded. With my burst cysts I smell candida when they explode. At that moment I wasn't sure if it was thrush irritating my labia or a cyst. Sometimes it takes two goes to get rid of it. It hit me that there are women that have had their bartholin glands removed and still get cysts so I spoke to my pharmacist. She gave me a suggestion that if I feel a cyst in that area to rub the thrush cream on the affected area. Again I took the pill but continued rubbing the cream which is by Canistan. Which I started doing for a week three other cysts burst but this one stayed on the surface making me think I had thrush again. So I took the pill but every day it became a bit worse but only stayed to the surface. Three mornings ago it was obvious that it was a cyst but only continued growing on the surface. It was unpleasant two nights ago to sleep because it went tight but I was still able to put my legs together, though the left labia grow it was not tight other then the surface cyst which was obviously infected as I felt sick as I normally do when these happen. I took eichnea after the tightness subsided my labia went back to normal and the cyst seemed slightly smaller. So I went to sleep upon waking up it was still uncomfortable three hours I started walking silly because it became tight again but hadn't grown in the night. At midday it exploded there was none of that hell I had to go through previously.

This is not tested but I hope this may help some of you because if I hadn't done that I would have been in hell at this moment. Maybe the magnesium helped which was thanks to Victoria's suggestion along with the eichnecia. The thrush cream seems to work in a similar way that magnesium salt baths do. If I ever get a cyst again I will post an update on this.

I went through seven of these so called bartholin cysts with a cycle of antibiotics before changing my gp who realised I had thrush. Which gave me three years of peace and an easy last week. This made me realise there was a pattern, when it was becoming summer, was close to a period and if I went over a certain weight (I am losing some extra blubber I got) they seem to cause thrush which increases my chances of getting these cysts. The bartholin gland removal surgery is supposed to be no picnic, since people still get cyst without these glands there may be another cause. I am not a doctor and though I have only tried this once, it is such hell to go through this, I just wanted to pass on my pharmacists helpful suggestion. As well I take two probiotics a day which was a left over remnant of the antibiotic cycles. In the last month have changed my diet. I hope this helps one of you guys :-) 

 

Its been a year since you had posted about your cyst..i just want to know that have it recurred again... I was freaked out to find about the cyst last year it had recurred 3 time for 2 months.... Probably because of my immune system.. I and D was worthless.. It again occured within month... I still feel quite relieved that i am not the only one here suffering from this hellish thing....Phoebe's cure sounds effective. I will definitely give it a try.

Its been a year since you had posted about your cyst..i just want to know that have it recurred again... I was freaked out to find about the cyst last year it had recurred 3 time for 2 months.... Probably because of my immune system.. I and D was worthless.. It again occured within month... I still feel quite relieved that i am not the only one here suffering from this hellish thing....Phoebe's cure sounds effective. I will definitely give it a try.

Hi ladies. I’ve been dealing with bartholin gland cysts for over ten years now... I’m 29 and they usually happen like clockwork every 2 years. But right now I have my second cyst in the last 7 months. This is probably my 5th or 6th one and only once has it burst on its own.. all other times I crawled to the OBGYN and had them lanced/word carhetor for a month. I’m sure you’d all agree that I am trying to do everything to make this b***h pop on its own before going to the doctor as a last resort. I’m on day three and have been taking Serrapeptase regularly and other vitamins... today all day I’ve been doing turmeric/coconut oil on a cotton pad for a few hours, then salt/baking soda on a pad... took a bath... now I have tea tree oil and coconut oil on a pad. I’m pretty sure it’s coming to a head because it’s protruding out of the labia and is a tad soft. Defititley is worse than yesterday, but the pain is moderate and not as bad as it has been in the past. I feel kind of helpless right now and pray this thing will pop before work tomorrow... it saddens me that theres not much research on this except “just remove the gland”. I am going to fork out some money and see a homeopathic doctor soon. This has to be something I need to cure from the inside. Been reading a lot that probiotics and a clean diet have a huge factor in this. Pray for me that this thing goes soon! Just happy I’m not alone in this as all of you ladies have suffered too (my best friend gets them too- so strange) 

I wanted to tell you and all the other posters thank you for sharing this!!! Phoebes cure worked for me!!!

Background - I had my first be about 3 years ago but it didn’t bother me so my OB recommended I leave it alone.. This past December it became intolerably painful to where I couldn’t walk, sit, lay, stand .... I went to the doctor and they lanced it. A week later it was back. This time they landed it and put in a word catheter. The catheter was awful and jabbed into my lady parts for days. I never wanted to go through any of that again.

I was broken hearted when another popped up last week - 6 weeks since the last. I called the OB and thy agreed to call me in a prescription (Friday) but told me to come in Tuesday (tomorrow) if it hadn’t burst. I started Phoebe’s Cure Friday evening along with the antibiotics. Saturday evening it burst on its own. I was seriously gleeful! I followed exactly what OP recommended.

I will say it gets agonizing before it bursts. Hours before it burst I wasn’t sure I could last. It was awful and I couldn’t do anything without pain. 

Since it burst I’ve been doing Epsom salt baths twice a day and continuing with the antibiotic. (I massage the area and apply pressure to push anything out of it.) So far, no more cyst!!

I really appreciate you sharing your story and hope it helps many other ladies cursed with BC!

Hey guys! 

So I just wanted to comment to check back in because the last time I commented on here I had an abscessed BC and was trying to use the Phoebes cure. Unfortunately I couldn’t stand the pain and did not have any pain killers to withstand the pain til it popped so I ran to the OBGYN and had it laced on Friday because I knew I couldn’t stand the pain the whole weekend and didn’t want to take the chance because I have two toddlers that I have to take care of. I just wanted to share some info with all of you ladies. Before I decided to go to the doctor, I had called a naturopathic doctor and she suggested lymph 1 acute drainage remedy and inflamma-fox drainage remedy. I never used them so I can’t tell you if it actually works or not but that is what she suggested. So,  another thing that I wanted to mention, is that every time I’ve got my BC  drained, the  dr. told me there were multiple loculations or pockets and these pockets all had to be drained or else the cyst would come back within a day or two which happened to me probably two or three times that I got it drained including this last time. Last thing I want to say, is that it’s truly frustrating that there aren’t more studies on these and that the causes aren’t really known but I truly believe that mine come when I am very stressed out and my immune system is low. So to try to prevent them I just try to keep my stress down immune system up. I didn’t have any for three years and I Know that mine are caused by stress. I hope everyone feels better and it’s nice to know that we’re not alone. 

Hi guys,

Take what I’m saying with a pinch of salt, because what worked for me may not work for you. 

I’ve been treating these like massive pimples. Which means when I feel the bump start, I clean it with acne cleanser, and stick an acne patch over it. The acne patch sometimes ends up looking like a nipple patch cos the bump is like 2-3x the size, but that’s okay. 

I’ve found that the acne patches that work for my face also work “down under”, while the ones that don’t, similarly have no effect. 

I’m on this forum because I ran out of my usual brand of patches (can’t find it anywhere in the shops), and after 2 days of NexCare patches (these don’t even work on my face, but I couldn’t find anything else), the swelling expanded to the size of a small grape and started really hurting, which has never before happened to me. Usually it bursts or subsides much earlier after the acne patch treatment. 

As it turns out, NexCare may not have been ENTIRELY useless because the abscess burst today, after some (uncomfortable) walking. Of course, it waited until I had purchased the ingredients for Phoebe’s cure to do it. 

I can honestly say this is the first time I even learned the name of the problem. Previously, I’d always simply assumed it was an infection due to over-enthusiastic scrubbing in sensitive areas, and it’d always gone away after my “pimple treatment”. 

I just wanted to share because I notice several of the commenters are sensitive to the astringent effect of Phoebe’s cure, and this might be a workable alternative if smaller or caught early.  

My abcess is now about the size of two eggs. I have never experienced anything more painful in my 25 years. It began hurting late memorial day (after I was waist deep in creek water, go figure). I've been using tumeric/coconut oil and then baking powder/salt/apple cider vinegar for three days now. My skin is raw. I know this is going to hurt immensely, but I'm about to try Pheobe's cure. I don't know what else to do. My insurance is solely based in Houston (I'm in Dallas), and I don't think I could bear the 3.5 hour drive (or the medical bill, even with insurance). Fingers crossed this abscess from hell is gone in the morning and I can finally return to the world of the living.