I had this surgery and it improved my quality of life drastically. However the recovery process was very difficult. It took almost a year for all of my wounds to heal. I had 4 done at once. Also, the scars from the surgery are very noticeable but I’ll take the scars over the pain HS caused me any day. After the surgery, HS moved to other parts of my body that wasn’t cut out so I’m still managing it.

Yes I had it done it helped not a cure but helped!!

I pray it goes well. The surgeon said when you have a lot of tunneling it want never get better.

Hi Tracy!! I had this surgery many years ago and HS went dormant for years, close to 20 yrs to be exact. It came back a few years ago and my dermatologist put me on Cosentxy about 8 months ago and I have NO lesions. I still have the tunnel but because of the this drug, I don’t really need the surgery anymore. Hope this helps!

I just had my right armpit done i have a huge scar now from front to back but not experiencing any flare ups. The whole surgery and recovery was fine just a little uncomfortable at times and he must have cut a nerve cause I've lost a lot of feeling under there. Good Luck with yours and hope you feel better soon