My experience with HS

Hey all, 

I've been reading many journals for a while now and realised that I wanted to share my experience with you. From the age of 12, I recieved my first swollen and inflamed lump. This was a time where puberty was starting to kick in and every cycle it appeared as more painful and full of pus. I then started getting alot more of these lumps on different areas of my umderarms as scars were also being left after they would pop. I visited the doctors on several occasions as there were days when I couldnt go to school due to the pain of the open wounds. Each doctor told me that it was "acne" and that the only way to remove the lumps was to get them surgically removed. Some doctors that I went to put me on a course of antibiotics for 2 weeks and once those 2 weeks were over, the lumps would appear again. I saw a dermatologist once and she diagnosed me with HS and gave me a few options to clear the lumps. She suggested that I go on the pill, which I am not too keen about the idea as I have family records of terrible outcomes from using the pill. She also suggested to me that I go on the Paleo diet. However I find that even when I am eating clean they still appear.. perhaps due to deodorant and shaving? She suggested that I lose an excessive amount of weight, which I believe that I am not overweight in the first place. I am not a tiny girl yet I excersise everyday and I never go a day without getting my heart pumping.

I am now 18 and I still have this irritating problem both under my arm and on my thighs and they are extremely painful and quite embaressing also. Sometimes I'd just be sitting in bed and if there is even the slightest bit of pressure on my thighs, I will bleed redish/blackish blood from the nodules. I havent ever been able to wear clothes that reveal my arms as I am afraid of being judged. 

Someone please help as I am becoming very upset and frustrated over this matter and I just need a solution for once and for all. 

Thank you xx