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Hi Liz, and everyone in the world afflicted by this (strange to most) hidradenitis suppurativa. First, thank you Liz, your post in detailed description of the condition helped me lots to understand what I'm suffering with. Luckily instead of running to a doctor I did research first which saved me frustration, pain and suffering.

A little over a month I was “introduced” to this disease. Overnight, some red bumps like big pimples appeared in my underarms with significant pain to the touch in the underarm muscles. That morning after showering, I painted the whole area with lugols iodine 2% and within hours the soreness and red bumps began to dimish. I repeated this maybe for the next 2 mornings until I felt it no ore. Then I forgot about it, I thought it was due to the heat and humidity of summer.

Ten days ago, after being out and about sweating in the heat of the day, red bumps developed again overnight the same way as before but I was distracted and did not pay attention until the end of that day. Still I made the mistake to ignore it and by the next morning (dat two) it was so painful that I ran to the mirror to find the bumps were grown to the size and touch of black beans with little pustules looking like bad acne pimples.
I happen to be a believer of oil of wild oregano (origanum syriacum sourced from the mddle east) since I've used it for years, and I know from personal experience it can relieve and cure many health problems, given its potent properties mostly due to high carvacrol content.

so, (day 2) right after morning shower I painted the whole area of underarms with lugol's iodine again and as soon as it dried I applied the oregano oil over all the previosly iodized area, using the glass dropper to spread it. After about 2 hours it was mostly absorbed and then I applied castor oil with the dropper again in the same fashion. In the mid-afternoon I'd repeat the oregano and castor oils again.

Before bed, I took a shower and painted with the lugol's, and then oregano oil (same as above) Allowed it to absorb for about an hour and right before bed, massaged the castor oil generously as to leave a thick layer to cover the skin while laying down. If I woke up for a trip to the bathroom (4-5 hrs later) I repeated the castor oil. Today is my 11 day and I can hardly see a trace that look like miniscule pimples (about 3) under each arm.

this morning I resumed my morning walk and the sweat, althought not profuse, gave me terrible itching so I repeated the method as the previous mornings. I will continue this protocol for about a week and watch the condition closely.

I found good pathological scientific information in www.europepmc.org and pubmed as well but all the methods used in medicine to this point are not producing optimal results and some are just plain bad because it gives the condition a chance to advance. So far I'm very happy I recovered normalcy and will report back in a few months. I thank God for the natural medicine he gave us in plants!