[Surgical treatment of hidradenitis and Fox-Fordyce disease of the nipples].

Hidradenitis suppurativa and Fox-Fordyce disease are apocrine sweat gland diseases, characterized by chronic and recurrent forms, with frequently unsatisfactory management and physical discomfort. The localisation to the breast areola is well known but infrequent. A new surgical treatment of areolar involvement is presented. This technique includes: dermal detachment of the areola safeguarding the nipple, excision of the underlying apocrine sweat glands, areola fixation like a flap-total skin graft. This very simple procedure allows definitive treatment without aesthetic impairment. Two cases of areolar involvement are presented.