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Female
24 years old
Spokane
United States
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JOB: Unemployed
SMOKE: No
DATING STATUS: In love
DRINK: Socially
RELIGION: Atheist
BODY TYPE: More to love
MEMBER SINCE: 05/27/2008
STAR SIGN: Aries
LAST LOGIN: 08/23/2008 23:13:44
MY RATING: 0.00

My biggest "hobby" currently is the forum where I'm an administrator: www.cloverfieldmovieforum.com

It's a great place for fans of the movie Cloverfield to congregate.

I also like cross-stitching, drawing, and walking.

Lost in Translation, Amelie, Once, Across The Universe, Office Space, Juno, Girl With A Pearl Earring, Dr. Strangelove, Ever After, Monty Python movies

The Beatles, Green Day, Korn, Seether, Nirvana, KT Tunstall, Mediaeval Baebes, Marilyn Manson, Flogging Molly, Enya, Mindless Self Indulgence, Rob Zombie, Avenged Sevenfold, Blue October, Chevelle, Gorillaz, Matchbox 20, My Chemical Romance, NIN, Ozzy Osbourne, Simon & Garfunkel, Queen, REM, System Of A Down, The Killers, Weird Al Yankovic, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, Amy Winehouse

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster by Bobby Henderson, I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert

Acne-Free Severe Foaming Face Wash, Clean & Clear Soft moisturizers, Bioré face strips








I have a skin disease called hidradenitis suppurativa, which means I get all kinds of lesions and abcesses. It's pretty disgusting, but I've kind of learned to live with it.

In the morning: Acne-Free Severe cleanser, toner, and Repair Lotion, followed by Clean & Clear Soft Day moisturizer.

In the evening: Acne-Free Severe cleanser, toner, and Retinol Renewal Complex, followed by Clean & Clear Soft Night moisturizer.

Twice a week: Exfoliate with apricot scrub.

Once a week: Bioré Nose Strips and a mud mask.

For my body: Cleanse daily with Ivory body wash, and I use an antibacterial soap on the areas affected by HS. I try to drain the abcesses regularly.

Argh, I don't even know where to start. I get them so often it's repulsive. I do remember once having one on my upper thigh that was huge, about the size of a golf ball. I squeezed it and the pus went shooting out all over the wall and on the floor. It felt great not to have all that pressure anymore.

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05/29/2008 01:12:02


HS_Chica wrote:


There aren't really any definite treatments. Some people find that medications like Accutane help, while others get no benefit. Some people do homeopathic remedies. I've tried a lot of different things and nothing really takes care of it. I just learn to live with the nastiness and be thankful for the times it isn't so bad. I have no health insurance, so for me to see a dermatologist and use prescription medications would be really expensive.


I hope that you don't get the tunneling and scaring that I read about.



05/29/2008 01:09:58

I looked up HS on the Mayo Clinic website, and it is a nasty form of acne.  I sure plays havoc with your skin and underlying tissues. 



05/28/2008 20:32:02


HS_Chica wrote:


HS tends to affect mainly the apocrine glands (sweat glands found in the armpits and groin). It is quite painful, especially when a large abcess develops. They always seem to pop up in the worst places too, lol.


Ouch!  Is there any treatment? 



05/28/2008 19:13:43

Welcome aboard. Cool avatar! How often do you get the abcesses. I know they can be real painful!



05/28/2008 16:02:30

I like your avatar.  That was a great abcess story!  I don't know too much about your disease.  What part of your skin is affected?  Is it very painful?  I'm sorry for your troubles. 



05/27/2008 23:08:12

Welcome!   




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