When I began my journey into the abyss of understanding Hidradenitis Suppurativa, I was surprised to discover that I had a reaction to toffee I made using raw sugar.  In my book, I discuss how we were able to determine my underarm reaction was due to my use of aluminum foil after repeated experiments over weeks with no subsequent reactions.  I wrote about this years ago in my book and recently came across an article that so eloquently discussed the topic as well but with chemical evidence.  If you don’t have the time to make it through the entire article, the most important sections to read are the Abstract, Introduction, and Discussion part of Section 3.

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