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3 Lifestyle Tweaks One Mom Uses to Keep Her HS Under Control

A few years ago, Erin, 44, discovered what she thought was an ingrown hair on her groin. So, she did what a lot of people do: She squeezed it. “I quickly realized ‘Okay, this is much more painful and is not resolving it’,” she recounts. “In fact, squeezing made it worse.” It was so uncomfortable she suspected something was up, so the mom of two reached out to her dermatologist for an appointment. That’s when she learned she had hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a chronic inflammatory condition that’s hallmarked by painful boils and abscesses deep in the skin.Erin was lucky not only to get a quick...