keeferfish, It would always go away after a while and come back a little bigger. This year it went away, when it started growing it didn't stop! It went from Nothing to ping pong ball in a couple months! I had a Dermatologist look at it, and the said I needed to see a Hand Dr, So I did and Now he said it Shouldn't come back because he took the case of the cyst out. Only took about 40 mins, wife was surprised, usually if I have Anything done ,its HOURS! Woke up with a little pain but not bad. Bad part is I'll have the Splint for 2 weeks!