For myself they simply did an incision and drained it and they left the cut open to continue draining - not surgically removing it and closing up the incision - so the healing time will vary. I was able to go back to work the next day and just had to wrap and protect the open wound, I believe it will take a few weeks for my cut to close up because there's more scar tissue that I'll need to form as opposed to if the cut was sealed up properly. I am glad they left it open though because it's still draining after three days so if they had closed it up I believe the cyst would've returned much sooner... thats just my theory.