What Are Some of the Treatment Advances for HS?

It's been only five years since the FDA approved the first medication for hidradenitis, but more options are on the way.

Christopher Sayed, M.D., associate professor of dermatology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, discusses some of the new, exciting treatments for HS, including biologics.

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