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Will laser hair removal help hidradenitis suppurativa?

wildrose017
I was wondering if YAG laser hair removal would help HS boils and scarring? It's progressively gotten worse. I have tried rifampin, doxycycline oral, spironolactone, clindamycin oral/topical, hibaclens, birth control, zinc, steroid injection, abscess removals and waxing. This is very painful and I was wondering if I had no hair there would it lessen the chance of it returning.

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Dr. Amy Y. Paul, DO, FAAD
Answered on Feb 10, 2021
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