Radiation and laser treatments are investigational therapies that have shown some promise for patients with severe hidradenitis suppurativa. Minimize heat exposure and sweating. Lose weight if overweight. Avoid constrictive clothing and frictional trauma. Avoid underarm antiperspirants and deodorants.
Recurrences are common.
Spontaneous complete resolution occurs in rare cases. Relentlessly progressive scarring and sinus tracts may occur. Medicine is a constantly changing science and not all therapies are clearly established. New research changes drug and treatment therapies daily. However, as medical science is constantly changing and human error is always possible , the authors, editors, and publisher or any other party involved with the publication of this text do not warrant the information in this text is accurate or complete, nor are they responsible for omissions or errors in the text or for the results of using this information.