An Overview of Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS)

In Part 1 of this special four-part episode of The Blend, Sonal Choudhary, MD, a Dermatopathologist, Dermatologist, and Director of the Integrative Dermatology and Skincare Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Jazmyn Phillips, a Dermatology Physician Assistant at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, provide an overview of hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a chronic inflammatory skin condition, causing painful bumps and lesions, often in skin folds like the armpits and groin. They also discuss the toll that HS can take on a patient’s quality of life and mental health, and some of the condition’s causative factors.