That was such a weird sensation—to just have paper towels stuffed deep in your skin. Although I had a bunch of scar tissue from the lancing, my skin slowly started to heal, thankfully.

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That’s when the flares started up again. My skin was so inflamed and the HS tunneling started all around my groin. The abscesses were larger, too, and they became unmanageable.