If your bumps grow deep into your skin, certain procedures can help. If you're having problems in a small area, your doctor can cut open pockets to drain pus, which gives you short-term relief.
In another procedure called deroofing, a surgeon can turn deep, painful bumps and pockets into scars that won’t hurt. It's an option if you have painful bumps that come back over and over.
Another type of surgery involves cutting out the skin in the problem spots. After this procedure, your doctor will do a skin graft. He removes skin from another part of your body and uses it to cover the area where you had the operation.
Laser surgery is another option to clear new, deep bumps. It destroys hair follicles, the shafts in your skin where hair grows. You may need several treatments.
Surgery can help with stubborn or severe cases of hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), but for some people, the disease may come back in the same area or another part of the body.