Patients get boils over the armpits, groins, around the bottom. All areas may be affected or one single area is affected. The boils tend to be large, point and then burst leaving behind scars or even sinuses that discharge pus. It can affect any sex although it is more common in patients with acne. These glands are found in the armpits, groins and around the anal area.
Early lesions start as reddish lumps that are painful and slowly enlarge.
These may then breakdown to discharge pus. The scars are quite massive and link to each other and are called Bridging scars . This may be given for many weeks. Oral steroids or intralesional steroids. Sometimes in resistant cases a drug called isotretinoin can be tried with varied success.