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What are ways to treat hidradentitis supparativa, as far as getting skin treatment to remove scarring?

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Hidradenitis Suppura: Antibiotics and surgical drainage and excision.

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Answered 12/20/2012

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Dr. Todd Sisto answered

Specializes in Plastic Surgery

Wide excision of the: Involved skin followed by subtotal flap closure and application of a vacuum device is, in my opinion, the best approach. Although radical, other treatments are, at best, only transiently effective.

Answered 9/28/2016

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