Painful, recurrent sores in certain spots on the body could indicate something happening under the surface of the skin – a dermatologist can help. Watch stories of hope from those living with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS).

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00:00
[Scene opens with close-up of female patient with eyes to camera while instrumental piano music plays]
[Black text appears in bottom left corner throughout film]: #HSHope

00:01 – 00:05
[Scene slowly moves between lifestyle footage of young man dressed in a grey hooded sweatshirt and young woman with dark hair. This is followed by a man in a shirt appearing with his face to camera while nodding his head. Footage then moves to the back of a man’s head and shoulders, where symptoms of hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) can be seen on his neck. Footage is overlaid by spoken word and sub-titles]
[Spoken] Young Man: I first started showing symptoms of HS when I was about 15 or 16 years old

00:06 – 00:10
[Footage fades, music slows and white screen with copy overlaid in black appears]
[Black Text on White Screen]: Hidradenitis suppurative (HS) is a painful, chronic inflammatory skin disease
[Text fades, music builds momentum]

00:11 – 00:13
[Black Text on White Screen]: If you’ve waited years for a diagnosis, you’re not alone

00:14 – 00:17
[Black Text on White Screen]: The reality is that HS affects millions of people around the world

00:18 – 00:20
[Camera pans to show montage of individuals with HS, with footage continuing to zoom out to show more individual people in squares. Footage is overlaid with spoken word by a young man with sub-titles and music quietens]

00:21– 00:22
[Spoken] Young Man: If you have HS you’re not alone

00:23 – 00:24
[Montage footage fades and scene brings into focus two people hugging on a bench overlaid with spoken word and sub-titles]
[Spoken] Man In [Dutch] with Sub-Titles in English: I need to learn how to live with it, instead of living against it.

00:25 – 00:28
[Scene moves to footage of lady sewing which fades quickly and same woman appears close to camera in her home, overlaid with spoken word and sub-titles]
[Spoken] Woman [In French] with Sub-Titles in English: I realised it was a disease and it wasn’t my fault

00:29 – 00:33
[Scene moves to see man dressed in hat, jacket and jeans, crossing the road, followed by young man looking to camera with a large brick building in the background. This is overlaid with spoken word by young man and sub-titles]
[Spoken] Young Man [In American English] with Sub-Titles in English: Get connected with other people that are suffering with this disease. Talk about it

00:34 – 00:37
[Scene moves to man in his home continuing to talk to camera]
[Spoken] Young Man [In American English] with Sub-Titles in English: The second you start talking about this disease you’re going to take the power

00:38 – 00:40
[Instrumental piano music builds momentum]
[Black sketch cartoon appears of super-hero on crumpled white paper]

00:41 – 00:42
[White screen with copy overlaid in black appears]
[Text on screen]: Take the power
Text fades, music builds momentum

00:42-00:45
[Text on screen]: Share how you found hope to live with HS
[Text fades, music builds momentum and reaches a crescendo]

00:45 – 00:50
[Text on screen]: Use #HSHope to share your story!
[Music fades and stops]

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