female only hidradenitis suppurativa (hs)

[Fritzy1980 25]

Anyone else here have this? It is a skin disease that presents as boils or acne type bumps. I was wondering if anyone else is having more breakouts since losing weight?

[Fritzy1980 25]

It typically shows up in the groin, arm pit, under the breast areas. It's very painful and quite embarrassing.

[smurphette 35]

I don't usually have a problem like this but after reading about it, it looks like the same thing that happens to me after getting IVs. After all my surgeries I have develiped big painful Fluid filled bumps.I figured it was part of my natural healing process. Usually goes away a couple of weeks and doesn't come back. Good luck to you!!

[line-dancer 810]

yes I do and seversl have become absessed. I am now using mositrizers and nothing new has started. Doctor didn't know what caused them at first I thought it was the moisture there and use deorderant and that helped but then I noticed the dry skin and itching so tried the cream so far so good . Doctor told me to break them open and drain them it hurts. Let me know if you find anything more about it.

[colleenjoy 104]

i've got it too. it seemed to be getting better, until this week. UGH. Big ugly boil that appears to be tunneling. I use hot compresses to get them to drain. Not fun, and definitely not pretty. I was hoping it would go away with the weight loss.

[tiggergramma 129]

If you can catch them early, use Oxy-10 to help dry them up. My doc said mine were probably staph and I use an antibiotic salve nasally to help keep them at bay. I'm lucky, I've only had to have one incised and drained; I have friends who have had to have surgery to remove the tracts that can develop after multiple infections, and one friend had to have a huge surgery to remove several feet of tract in her groin and abdomen. All of them are different sizes, so I don't know that weight has anything much to do with it.

[Jewelsm1127 351]

Had this issue since I was a kid. Mostly on the inner thighs. I also use hot compresses and just try to leave them be until they heal. Painful, embarrassing, you name it. Of course there is no stinking cure and mine seems to flare up mostly during TOM.

[Fritzy1980 25]

Mine also flares around my TOM. It's pretty bad, I ALWAYS have at least a couple of boils, even when it's not my TOM. They don't heal, they just continue to drain then refill. There isn't a lot of research done on this disease because it's embarassing. It's not caused by weight, although it's thought to be factor in some people. It's basically a follicular issue. There isn't a cure, and surgery doesn't always fix the problem. I'd hope that losing weight would at least calm them down, but after losing 126 lbs..... I feel like they are worse. I've read a lot of googled pages about this disease and so far, it seems a bit hopeless.

[Jewelsm1127 351]

Fritzy - yep, I've noticed nothing encouraging out there either. I can go sometimes without any boils but that lasts only about a week or two. I just try to leave them alone. I've also used Hibiclens to wash in the inner thigh and that seems to help me a bit.

[Fritzy1980 25]

I've used prescribed washes, antibiotics (innumerable), I've tried not using deoderant. Nothing seems to work for me.

[lmattera 17]

Yes I started noticing them under both my armpits when I was 16 and had them surgically removed when I was 20. I tried special wipes and deodorant but nothing worked.