Home Remedy for Bartholin Cyst that WORKS!
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I'm 24 and starting getting bartholin cysts just over a year ago. It has recurred at least 6 or 7 times, and I have had an Incision and Drainage performed twice, one under local anesthetic and once under general. I can't stress enough, GET THE GENERAL! The needle with the anesthetic was BEYOND painful, and I'm not ashamed to admit I screamed bloody murder when they cut the thing open! Hands down, the most painful experience of my life. With the general, I experienced zero pain and no memory of the procedure.
Yesterday, to my horror I felt the familiar hardened bump start to rise. Today at work, where I sit at a desk all day, the pain went from tolerably uncomfortable to unbearable. After being driven to the ER and speaking with a doctor, I decided to forgo the surgery, or at least postpone it, and give home remedies one last try. In my searches through forums and websites, I saw the same remedy mentioned a few times: Phoebe's Cure. I decided I had nothing to lose, drove to the pharmacy, and picked up the necessary ingredients: a bottle of calamine lotion, a bottle of witch hazel, a bottle of tea tree oil, and a roll of gauze. At this point, it was about 5:00 in the afternoon. I drove home, drew myself a hot bath and added Epson salts, and sat for about 20 minutes. When I got out, I soaked the gauze in a mixture of 6 oz of calamine lotion, 2 teaspoons of witch hazel, and 2 teaspoons of tea tree oil. The recipe actually only asks for 1 teaspoon of the latter two ingredients, but at that point I was almost hysterical with pain so I figured, go big or go home. I soaked the gauze in the mixture, then covered the cyst (likely an abscess at this point) with the gauze, held in place with my underwear. I left this for about 40 minutes, swapped for a hot compress for about 10 minutes, then applied another soaked gauze for about 30 minutes. At this point, I couldn't even help crying from the pain. I took a painkiller, and drew myself another hot bath, this time using table salt instead of Epson salts. I stayed in again for about 20 minutes, then restarted the cycle of changing the soaked gauze every 30 minutes or so. I could feel the cyst growing in size and getting even harder, and I noticed the mixture in the gauze was causing some stinging. At around 9:00, about 3 and a half hours after I drew the first bath, (WARNING, this is gross! Please do not read past this point if you are squeamish!) I was lying on the couch and suddenly felt liquid drip down. I put some mild pressure on the gauze, then went to the bathroom to see what was going on. Full disclosure, I'm also on my period right now, making it extremely difficult for me to tell exactly what was going on. I pulled the gauze away and sure enough there was a large spot of pus about as big as a Canadian Twoonie. I wanted to cry in relief, but didn't let myself believe I was out of the woods yet. I swapped for a new gauze again, left it, checked again, and sure enough, more pus. I put pressure on the spot where it seemed to be originating from with the gauze, and when I pulled it away, more pus. I cried with absolute relief.
I have never, ever found a home remedy that was even remotely effective for this ailment or any other. I am BLOWN AWAY at how effective this was! Let me preface this by saying I'm not a medical professional by any means, but I believe this worked by bringing the pus to the surface of the abscess until it finally burst. The originating spot of the pus was the spot that had become the hardest and probably the most painful point on the abscess over the three and a half hours of changing gauzes.
If you experience painful bartholin cysts or abscesses, PLEASE give this a try! Absolutely worth it!
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jacie08569 victoria31526
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where do you put the saturated gauze? where the opening of the glad is naturally or over where the actual cyst can be felt?
dionna62520 victoria31526
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Let me start by saying THANK YOU. I broke down in tears of joy this morning because if this remedy. This is my 4th cyst in the past 6 months. And its been killing me. im a 21 year old college student, just trying to live my life. But this cyst likes to pop up and give me the WORST PTSD from any blade coming towards my Va jj. After getting cut open 3 times, it took me a while to even feel comfortable to shave. Let alone have a normal sex life again. I had a golf ball size cyst about 2 weeks ago. Got drained. And came back two days later infected and 10x painful. i swore ill never put my body though that again. But yesterday in my horror, it came back. I remember the uncomfortable feeling and almost has a panick attack. i went to the ER just to have another Blade happy doctor ready to cut me open. I denied it. He was extremly rude and laughed saying to come back the next day when it gets worze because it "Most likely will". hysterically crying in my car on the way to the pharmacy to be on antibotics for the 4th time. I stumbled upon this website. I knew this was my only hope and reading all of your replies made me feel so much better. That i wasnt the only one. that there is other ways to fix this besides butchering my body. I started last night with the cyst size of a grape. Woke up this morning to it completely shrunk to a pea size and contiuning to dissapear. I slept through the pop process and woke up with blood and pus in my underwear. I CANT WAIT TO GET THE CHECK UP CALL FROM THAT AWFUL DOCTOR TO TELL HIM ITS GETTING BETTER! Thank you so much. You have no idea how relived i was.
I switched the cotton balls out every hour. and took hot showers instead of sitz baths. because i dont have a tub. i also use a heating pad while sleeping. I only had a little stinging. Nothing that painful. Took me about 12 hours to see results and its still shrinking
marith00264055 dionna62520
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Hello, did you also used calamine lotion, tea tree oil, and witch hazel? If so what brand of calamine did you used? I've tried tea tree oild and witcch hazel together without calamine and it didn't work.
ash79820 victoria31526
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I literally made an account just to say that this actually worked!!! I was actually shocked at how well it worked OMG. I could feel my gland swelling up around Wednesday-ish and decided to try this on Monday after what I did the first time I had an abscess didn't work as quickly as I wanted (sitz bath and apple cider vinegar... I think I actually gave myself a burn from the acv even though I diluted it a ton). It was a little bigger than the size of pea and super swollen. I started the day with a 20 minute sitz bath, went to the store to get the ingredients. Luckily the bottle of calamine I got was 6oz so I just put the teaspooons of witch hazel and tea tree in the bottle and shook it up then soaked gauze in it. Put the gauze directly on the abscess for about 40 minutes, rinsed, took a 20 minute epsom sitz bath, then put more of the cure on gauze and took a two hour nap. When I woke up and took the gauze out, I saw blood and my abscess has popped!!!! I was soooooo happy and honestly couldn't believe that it had worked that FAST. Whoever Phoebe is, she's a godsend. Gonna just do this immediately next time I get one... hopefully I don't!! D:
marith00264055 ash79820
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Which brand of calamine did you used?
serene60953 victoria31526
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Im going on day 7 with my BC. it is def an absess. I went to the urgent care on Tuesday and the dr said that it was still pretty small and that we arent at the point of lancing it, but he put me on 2 different antibiotics. I found this yesterday after work and immediately went to get the ingredients. im 24hrs in and the abscess has only gotten a little bigger of the last day, but my labia minora is swelling up like crazy!!! the cyst isnt actually that painful but my inflammed labia is crazy sore and its getting worse. im trying to be patient and let this thing drain without being lanced, but im getting freaking out by my labia. Has anyone else experienced this???
btw im so happy to have found this as it made me feel so much less scared and not alone. ❤️
teri7234 victoria31526
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I'm 46 and have never even heard of a Bartholin's cyst until 2 days ago. THANK YOU ALL for sharing Phoebe's cure! I already deal with chronic pain and mobility issues but this cyst made sitting up almost impossible. The pain was unbelievable! Because of my mobility issues I couldn't soak in a tub so had to make due with a hot, wet, wash cloth. My ex-husband went to the store for me and bought all the ingredients for Phoebe 's cure. I mixed the 6 oz. of calamine lotion with a tablespoon each of witch hazel and tea tree oil. I read the original was a teaspoon and someone used 2 teaspoons each so I know mine was a bit stronger but I was mixing it beside in a ziploc baggie so my amounts were a bit off. I then sealed the baggie and mixed it, added a couple handfuls of cotton balls and sealed the baggie again squishing it all into the cotton balls. My cyst was the size of a half dollar and ran all the way to the back wall of my vulva. I put a couple cotton balls on the cyst and stayed in bed letting it sit for 40 min. , then took it out and used a heating pad between my legs for 20 min, more cotton balls for another 30 min. At this point the pain was worse and the cyst had grown considerably running the full length of the clogged gland, getting harder and much worse. I took a break for about an hour just to get my crying under control and I read and reread your stories. I knew it would have to get worse to get better so I steeled my nerves and put more cotton balls on the cyst...it took 4 cotton balls to cover the length and depth...and left it for a couple hours before changing the cottonballs. This continued for hours. I started around 1pm and at 11:30 tonight I sat up and headed in to use the bathroom and hot salt water compress. When I put the compress on I held it for a couple minutes and when I pulled the rag away to rinse it there was a dark spot. With great hope I grabbed some toilet paper and carefully wiped and, HALLELUJAH, blood! I've never been so happy to see blood. I drained it pushing with the tissue for several minutes until the blood finally stopped. The pain is so much better! Because of the size it is now like a deflated balloon so I'm really hoping it doesn't refill but even if it does I now know not only what it is but what to do for it! Thank you, ladies, for sharing your stories!
teri7234 victoria31526
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Does anyone know if you can do Phoebe's cure while having your period? This sucks.
poppy03 victoria31526
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I'm 16 and I live abroad by myself in a country that doesn't have NHS (I'm from UK, free health service) - I have medical insurance but had a terrible experience with it the only time I had to use it so far ; also, I'm way too terrified to go see a gynocologist here anyway!! I was so freaked out after finding a cyst a couple of days ago, I was on the verge of using a razor blade to cut it open tomorrow night!! I'm so grateful to have found this forum, will be purchasing witch hazel, tea tree, epsom and anything else I can find tomorrow!! Fingers crossed 😃)
gem72918 victoria31526
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Hi Everyone,
This is my 3rd time to have infected BC it all started august of last year. For my first 2 i have to see my OBGYN so she can do her procedure (drainage) i was really hoping that it will not come back since I've been also on and off with antibiotics.
My 3 and was just burst this morning and it was awfully painful i cant sit and walk, until i felt a warm sensation in my underwear and it's instant relief i tried to push all the pus as i can. now i am still doing sitz bath with epsom salt, i've read if may help not yo have the BC again.
what i did is sitz bath 4-5 times a day with epsom salt, witch hazel and tee trea oil.
i am curious what is PHOEBE's ingredient maybe its more effective
teri7234 gem72918
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Phoebe's cure consists of 6oz Calamine lotion, 1 tsp of witch hazel, and 1 tsp of tea tree oil. Mix together and soak gauze pads in it and apply to the cyst leaving it on anywhere from 40 minutes to a few hours then soak in a sitz bath with Epsom salts and repeat. It's all very effective in getting the cyst to come to a bursting point. After my second one I found that applying aloe helped soothe the itch and burn.
As a side note I also used closer to a tablespoon of the witch hazel and tea tree oil but don't think it made it work any faster than the original teaspoon amount. I'm really hoping mine doesn't reoccur because those things hurt like nothing else. I hope the same for you!
louisa49833 victoria31526
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I've had these on and off for several years. I had a huge one around 8 years ago that was dealt with surgically and I agree - unbelievably painful!! A couple have appeared and re-absorbed and I myself popped one using the hot bath method. However, last weekend, after around 18 months of nothing, another appeared. I tried baths and squeezing but no joy, so, in desperation I tried putting a pea-sized amount of Magnesium Sulphate paste on a dressing and covered the cyst. A couple of hours later I checked the dressing and found a little pus so changed and re-applied. After another couple of hours there was a lot more pus and by the next day it was all gone. No pain, inexpensive and very easy. Can't recommend this method highly enough.
haysh006 victoria31526
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hi all im desperate for any and all help!
ive been dealing with the pain of what can only be a bartholin cyst but for the life of me i cant get it to drain. It hasnt yet abcessed so it is still beneath my skin. I've tried witch hazel, baths, Prid drawing salve and tea tree and nothing! i just started my period and its been super irritated today getting larger than its ever been. i have a doctors appoinment in 4 days but i honestly dont think i can wait that long. Does anyone have advice of what to do for a cyst that has not come to the surface?? there is nothing for me to squeeze and i cant even honestly tell you where the bartholin duct is. this is my first time ever dealing with this and im shocked at the lack of information out there...so glad i found this forum! thank you all!!
carrie98005 victoria31526
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I'm 50 and had a very small cyst for about three years until it suddenly this week it ballooned this week. I had an I&D because they couldn't get the catheter in place .
BTW- the local pain shots were hands down the worst thing that have ever been done to me and I have surgery stories that people just can't believe . that said, there is NO way I can make myself do that again. Unfortunately the abscess has stopped draining so I'm really worried it won't go away. I'm taking sitz baths 3x daily and trying to express it but it seems the opening has closed again. The biggest part is now on the inside so even though I want to try a poultice, I don't want to cause mire irritation to that sensitive area.
any advice is appreciated
tisha98879 victoria31526
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I’m 30 & I’ve been getting them for the last 3 years. one time i went to the er to get it cut open & drained & that was some of the worst pain ever. another one came & i looked up home remedies & tried the baking soda paste & i drunk some Apple cider vinegar w/ honey & it burst. so now i have another one & the paste isn't working. I’m going to try phoebes cure next!!!