My under arms look pretty bad, but there hasn't been too much of a build up of scar tissue. Only when I'm having an outbreak am I unable to put my arms down right or even sleep in a normal position because of the pain.

hi, thanks for the response, guess mine is at an extreme at the moment, but im trying laser at the moment.

I only had severe groin symptoms years ago, until now.

Now have had a golfball size lump under my left arm, now followed by two more lumps, one size of large marble and other smaller. I don't know what is going to happen - will they get worse I just don't know. I feel I am at the mercy of my body.

I had all of the glands removed from under both armd because the cysts were so bad I couldn't put my arms down. Never got another cyst under either arm after. Was very extensive surgery with skin grafting done, but it beats having all the cysts and pain

Hope you find something to help you.

Mary Ellen

Hope it doesnt get worse snowhound. But all the best, we all pray and hope one day we wake up and all is gone....

Thanks Mary, Im so considering it but thinking of Theatre and surgery again, makes me more sick but i sill see how it goes.

Stretch, stretch and stretch some more!!
My HS under my arms were so bad that in the shower I would focus my eyes on something on the ceiling and raiser my arm as much as I could (just bended, over my head a little bit) and bit my lip and lather up until I was done washing that armpit.
This went of for a few weeks till I could feel scar tissue or something underneath the HS sores and I knew that if I didn't start stretching this out I might not ever be able to fully extend my arm.
So I simply started stretching. At first, I overdid it and started bleeding. I'd advise you to start stretching in the shower after or during a warm bath. Start really simple, just lift you arm as high as you can and hold that position. Every day extend you arm a bit more and you will be so shocked at how far you can reach in less than a month.
This is just what worked for me. I can now stretch my arm as high as I want and even though the sores are still healing and there are horrible scars I'm so grateful that my arm isn't frozen.


-Esmee

I heard it's good to eat anti-inflammatory foods to help with the inflammation. I'm still researching this myself, so I can't say for sure if it helps or not though.

Definitely stretch! I had a cyst removed from my armpit, and had a large buildup of plasma and scar tissue. The stretching feels really weird at first, almost like you are pulling on your tendons and they are going to snap.

Don't overdue but definitely stretch at least 10x a day. Just hold your arm up while you're watching TV, in the shower. Also try standing right up against a wall, then stretch your arms up as far as you can and put your palms on the wall to make sure you maintain the stretch.

HS sucks :/

Hi Everyone, thanks for the responses, i have started to do a bit of excercise of the arms and it is sore, sore and more sore.
HS sucks but thanks again to you all for your support and encouragement.

Melrae,
Please let us know on the anti-inflammatory foods and how that goes?

Take care everyone, till again.