All Support Resources
Six resources covering every dimension of support for patients, caregivers, and loved ones.
Caregiver Support
For Partners, Family & Friends
Practical guidance for the people who love someone with HS. Covers understanding the condition, providing emotional support, avoiding caregiver burnout, and navigating difficult conversations.
Intimacy & Relationships
Quick-Start Overview
A concise guide to body confidence, dating with HS, physical intimacy, and emotional healing. Four essential areas covered compassionately and practically.
Relationships & Intimacy Guide
Complete Cornerstone Guide
The comprehensive deep-dive covering grief and acceptance, long-term relationship dynamics, couples communication frameworks, talking to family and friends, and recommended books.
Community
Stories, Forums & Connection
Patient stories, community forums, and peer connection. Find others who truly understand what living with HS feels like, and share your own experience.
Support Groups
Online & In-Person
A curated directory of HS support groups, online communities, Facebook groups, Discord servers, and in-person meetups. Find your people.
Mental Health & HS
Blog Articles
Articles on managing the psychological burden of HS, including depression, anxiety, grief, body image, and finding professional mental health support.
You Are Not Alone
HS is a condition that can feel profoundly isolating. The visible symptoms, the unpredictability, the impact on relationships and self-image, all of it can make you feel like no one else could possibly understand. But many people around the world are living with exactly what you are living with.
Finding your community, whether online or in person, whether through a support group or a single honest conversation with someone who gets it, can be one of the most powerful things you do for your wellbeing.