… RECENT STUDIES - AUGUST, 2011 (BELOW) The picture of a patient which I recently took on 08/02/2011, illustrates the typical initial onset of a 'pilonidal cyst' on a patient. Painful cysts such as these are common in patients who are bed-bound & forced to lie in any one position, for more than several hours at a time, or as the result of a chronically ingrown hair in that region. This photo was taken immediately after the patient began having pain in that region and noticed the typical 'bum …