Pilonidal Cyst

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Has anybody else had this? During high school I'd have blood on the top of my panties and never knew why (I'm now 21). Then a few months ago I went to my doctor after it was getting to the size of a dime and she said it was a pilonidal cyst. She didn't give me a prescription or tell me to any medical procedures. She just told me to take warm/hot baths and put different things like Epsom salts in it (she gave me a handout for it). Well I took a few baths that week and it went away. 
Now this week it started getting to the size of a dime and painful again. So I took a bath yesterday. It popped today and I'm not sure if that's good or bad. I tried looking it up and it's hard to find information that doesn't say to get surgery asap (since my doctor didn't tell me to, I'm kinda ignoring that). 
Right now I'm soaking in a hot bath again, hoping it will clean it out a bit more. 
Had any of y'alls pilonidal cysts ever popped and gone away? Or should I go back to my doctor?