hi..I have a bartholin cyst for almost a month now, this is my first encounter (hopefully the last also)with something like this. i went to see an OB and gave me Antibiotics to take for a week and have to come back after finishing the medications. but my BC didn't even give a sign that the medications are doing any effect on it. after reading all the experiences of those that had it drained through surgery, i think i will have to deal with it first and surgery will be my last option. i've been trying hot compress, sitting in a warm water with Epsom Salt for almost a week now (3-4x a day), used tea tree oil with Dikinson's witch hazel but nothing seems working. I am from the Philippines, i dont know where to buy silicea like what the others had taken that worked on them hoping that it can also work on me. i will try every home remedies i can take just to get rid of this thing coz it's really a pain in the *** :'( i'm planning to buy Silica from GNC as soon as i get one praying this time it will work. i'm really running out of ideas on what to do. i wonder if anybody from my country had it and was able to get rid of it.. please help. TIA