Pilonidal Cyst Treatment for Playa del Rey
Playa del Rey keeps things small on purpose: one road in along the lagoon, quiet dunes, neighbors who know each other. Specialist medicine, though, should not be small. When a tailbone cyst keeps flaring, residents of 90293 get direct access to two Cedars-Sinai colorectal surgeons who cure pilonidal disease in a single outpatient flap procedure.
Why This Condition Outsmarts General Care
Pilonidal disease looks deceptively simple, which is exactly why it gets undertreated. An urgent care clinic sees an abscess and drains it. A primary doctor sees inflammation and prescribes antibiotics. Both are reasonable responses to the visible problem, and both leave the actual problem, a hair-filled sinus tract beneath the skin, entirely intact.
A colorectal surgeon who works on pilonidal disease weekly sees the pattern differently: the tract is mapped, removed completely, and the site is rebuilt with a flap of healthy tissue placed off the midline. Done this way, published recurrence is close to zero. That gap between temporary relief and permanent repair is why patients make the short trip from the beach to Cedars-Sinai Medical Towers.
Exactly What the First Appointment Involves
Your story, reviewed early
Photos, urgent care records, and prior notes are examined before you arrive, so the visit starts informed rather than from scratch.
A focused exam and a map
The surgeon locates every pit and tract, explains what your specific anatomy needs, and answers questions without a countdown clock.
A date, not a maybe
Most patients leave with surgery scheduled, often within the week, plus written guidance on managing symptoms until then.
An Hour in Surgery, a Lifetime Off the Cycle
Under brief general anesthesia the surgeons excise the cyst and its tunnels, then close the area with adjacent healthy tissue so the healed line rests away from the cleft. No open crater, no gauze packing, no wound nurse visits to schedule around beach fog and Culver Boulevard traffic.
Walking resumes the same evening in Playa del Rey; the cycling path along Vista del Mar waits about three weeks. Details of the method live on our technique page.
Dr. Yosef Nasseri & Dr. Moshe Barnajian
Board-certified colorectal surgeons at Cedars-Sinai. One is an Associate Professor who publishes on pilonidal repair; the other is the region’s go-to for cysts that returned after surgery elsewhere. Together they run one of the few practices in the western United States centered on this disease.
Dr. Nasseri →Dr. Barnajian →Twenty-Five Minutes Up La Cienega
Leave the lagoon on Culver Boulevard, pick up Jefferson heading east, and join La Cienega Boulevard northbound. It carries you past the 10 straight to Third Street; the Cedars-Sinai Medical Towers at 8635 W 3rd St, Suite 880W sit just west of the intersection, with validated parking underneath.
Most 90293 patients make it in 25 to 35 minutes. You will only do it twice for the typical case: consult and surgery day.
What 90293 Wants to Know
Can I walk the beach during recovery?
Yes, walking is encouraged from day one. Sand walking is gentle exercise; just keep the incision dry until it seals, which rules out swimming for about three weeks.
Do LAX-area noise or flights matter for scheduling anything?
Not medically, but patients who fly often ask: air travel is comfortable within several days of surgery, so trips out of LAX rarely need rebooking.
I have had two lancings already this year. Am I a surgical candidate?
Almost certainly, and a strong one. Repeat drainage is the clearest sign the tract needs definitive removal rather than another temporary release.
Is there an age limit for the flap procedure?
No fixed limit. We operate on teenagers through adults in their sixties; the outpatient protocol adapts to each patient’s health profile.
Will insurance from a small employer or the exchange work?
We accept most PPO plans regardless of employer size and verify benefits before booking. Our staff will lay out any out-of-pocket costs in advance.
Keep the Quiet Life, Lose the Cyst
One outpatient repair at Cedars-Sinai Medical Towers and the flare cycle ends. Playa del Rey is 25 minutes from done.
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