Maybe you’ve seen the miraDry videos in your social media feed and wondered if it could help your Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS). According to the company website, the miraDry System uses thermal energy that targets and eliminates the sweat and odor glands in your underarm. Once those glands are eliminated, they do not grow back. In theory,…
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A few short years ago, Suzanne Moloney was a pastry chef trying to manage daily life with Hidradenitis Suppurativa. She recognized, as many patients have, that current wound management offerings are cumbersome, time-consuming, and often damaging to the skin. Despite no formal training as a doctor or scientist, she realized that as a patient –…
Simply put, living with Hidradenitis Suppurativa is hard. It puts a tremendous burden on us physically and emotionally. The mental health toll may be one that comes as a result of living with HS, or it may be one that is a result of inflammation manifesting in both the gut and the skin. But the…
One of the most common Hidradenitis Suppurativa home remedies, recommended over and over again by patients, is Vicks VapoRub. Obviously, being marketed as a cough suppressant, people have a lot of questions the first time they learn of this! So what is Vicks VapoRub, how is it used in Hidradenitis Suppurativa, and how does it…
