Medicare covers sebaceous cyst removal when medically necessary. This includes cases where the cyst causes bleeding or pain, shows signs of inflammation or infection, or has recently gotten larger.

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When taking out a sebaceous cyst, if you have trouble removing the entire capsule, inject a small amount of hydrogen peroxide. Pieces of the capsule will bubble out or loosen up for easier removal.

Black and white photograph of a tumour, though to be a fibroma, growing from the navel of a boy aged 12 years. It contained atheromatous matter, and was therefore probably a sebaceous cyst.