 [ Symptoms ] i am experiencing symptoms of sciaticapiriformus spasm how to reduce the pain so i can at least walk [ Disease ] i am thinking you had a cyst removed from your scalp depending on the size of the cyst you should not have any residual effects you might experience a bit of swelling and you can feel free to put cold packs on the surgical site be sure to place a towel or some other barrier betwen the ice and your skin for ice 20 minutes on then 20 minutes off is the standard protocol if the incision was closed with staples or sutures stitches and you are not allergic to antibiotics you can put antibiotic ointment triple antibiotic ointment  bacitracin neosporin on the incision you should always make sure to wash your hands before applying the ointment to your incision if your incision was closed with adhesive glue dermabond you do not need to put antibiotic ointment on it and actually should avoid doing so you probably do not need to cover the wound you may experienced localized numbness at the surgical site this probably will clear up over the course of several weeks all of these instructions assume you had a cyst removed from your scalp please consult your surgeon is office for specific post op instructions hope this helps