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Science
What causes a cyst to form?
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Usually an infection of the skin cells or hair follicles--which produces pus and fluid (serum). The body will then send more tissue to the area to "encapsulate" the infection to keep it from spreading. It forms a sac around it to do this. That's the cyst.
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