FTISLAND's Lee HONG-KI participates in a campaign to improve awareness after confessing his strange illness...Speaks out his thoughts on YouTube

Lee HONG-KI of the Korean group ``FTISLAND'' participated in a campaign to improve awareness of ``hidradenitis suppurativa''.
On the 18th, the YouTube channel ``Shining a Light on Hidradenitis Suppurativa'' posted an article titled ``Finding the name of my pimples.''
The video was posted with the title, ``Please do this.'' Lee HONG-KI appeared in this video. Referring to the disease name ``Hidradenitis suppurativa,'' Lee HONG-KI said, ``It takes an average of 7 to 10 years to diagnose.''
Karu. Frequent surgeries and feelings of shame cause depression. "It will seriously interfere with daily life and social life," he added.
Diagnosed with a powdery mass when he was in junior high school, he said, ``Sometimes it gets really bad.''
When this happens, it may appear during the recording of a program or a concert may be cancelled. I can't move or sing. I also have a pretty high fever,'' he said of his pain.
Lee HONG-KI also talked about his ``hidradenitis suppurativa'', which was treated as a powder lump, and said, ``It was so serious that I carried around a spare pair of underwear.
If I had one, I would like to receive a (new) butt as a gift.'' Previously, Lee HONG-KI appeared on SBS's variety show ``Take Off Your Shoes and Dolsing for Man'' in May this year.
” and confessed that he had undergone eight operations for atheroma. He said, ``There are several reasons why I decided to have the surgery.The sebaceous glands themselves are concentrated in the buttocks,'' and ``I had to have the surgery many times.
Then I got a big hole in my butt. Even when I had a girlfriend, I never showed my butt. Part of her buttocks is now black due to the scar from the surgery.''
Regarding his illness, he said, ``It was difficult for me to open up about my aneurysm on the show or to the people around me.People, and even the members, thought I was faking it.
He expressed hope to those suffering from the same illness, saying, ``I told him once and everything was fine.'' Lee HONG-KI, who participated in a campaign to raise awareness of the disease, said, ``It's called hidradenitis suppurativa.''
I got a new name. "You can get a diagnosis from a dermatologist and get treatment," he said, encouraging his fellow patients.
A message of hope for those who are suffering alone by informing them of their illness.
Lee HONG-KI conveyed this. Voices of support are pouring in for Lee HONG-KI, who used his influence to extend a helping hand to those in need of treatment.