Bartholin's Cyst & Marsupialization: Post-Surgery Healing & Potential Issues

Home & Self-Care

• Follow provider's instructions.
• Avoid sexual/strenuous activity.
• Warm sitz baths several times daily for pain relief and cleanliness.
• Cold packs for pain control.
• Take prescribed pain medication.

Possible Reasons for Non-Healing

• Inadequate drainage
• Infection
• Suture loosening
• Foreign body
• Malignancy (rare)

Contact your provider if the cyst doesn't heal within weeks, worsens, shows infection signs (fever, chills, severe pain), or new symptoms appear.