Conditions
Hyperhidrosis
Sweating is necessary to control your body temperature in warm or hot weather, or when exercising. In fact, on average, we lose over a litre of sweat a day and have an average of 2.6 million sweat glands in our skin to aid that process. However, around 1% of the population sweats excessively at times when they are neither hot nor exercising, which commonly affects the armpits, face, palms and soles of the feet. Known as hyperhidrosis, sufferers of this condition wish that they could just turn the tap off. It might not be as easy as that, but there are treatments available, one of which is a course of Botulinum toxin injections into the affected area. The fact that you’ve been botoxed probably won’t make the pages of Heat magazine, but it should block the nerves that supply the eccrine (sweat) glands, subsequently preventing them from producing sweat.
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please can u help,i have had botox under my arms for sweating and would like information about the electrobe treatment that is available has botoxs didnt work,thank you.
Please let me know what the electronic treatment for underarm sweating is called & how one goes about obtaining it: thanks.
My daughter is nearly 16 and has suffered from hyperhydrosis since 2008.She had botox injections under arms which she was completely fine with, though unfortunatley this only lasted for a couple of month, she had of course tried every conceivable over the counter and pescription deoderant with no success. W eventually decided to go down the surgery route having the sweat glands removed. This was done in May 2011 and again repeated in October 2011 as it did not seem to have much effect the first time round. Unfortunatley it has not been successful again and we are now at our witts end. We have seen the laser ablation only to find out this is not available to children under eighteen and not sure about scarr tissue etc. So we are keen to find out more about the treatment you spoke about on the 15May with the use of electrodes, please can you give us more details and any other advice. Many thanks Sandra
I was watching the show last night and I would like to know more about the electric treatment for underarms. I sweat very badly from my underarms and I have just been given a new uniform for work that is a bottle green scrub top. I like many other cannot wear long sleeved tops or red colours etc. I need more information so I can go and talk to my doctor about this again and get help as this is going to be terribly obvious in my new uniform which is mandatory for me to wear every day.
hiya i was watching your show last nite and it really hit home about the sweat,all i ever wear is black...i dont go near reds,greens,grays etc etc... i have epilepsy and was wondering if i was able to use the machine and if not is there anything else i could use ?
I have suffered with this problem for as long as i can remember! I get persistant sweating of the hands, feat and armpits! I have been to the doctors but many of the treatments haven't worked! I'm desperate to get rid of this problem as I feel as of it's taking over my life! what was the electrical treatment offered last night called?
Very bad sweating on my feet!! My feet sweat really really badly. My feet are soaking when i take off my shoes and my soaks are wet and stained. I dont sweat anywhere else.. Can someone give me tips please, as it so embarrassing...
hi i have a very bad sweating problem mostly under my arms but i also get it everywhere else when exerciseing, it only started since having my son and its embarrising i can only wear certain types of tops and im so self concious all the time looking under my arms. the majority of the time it doesnt smell but occasionley it does. i can just be sitting down and i still sweat, iv tried all different deoradants etc please help because im starting to get depressed over it especially with the summer coming. thanks
Hi. I have suffered from this condition since i started puberty, i sweat mostly underarms but i also sweat on the palm of my hands. I find it awfully embarrassing and self concious because i cant wear some outfits i would like to. I am often smell sometimes and its hard to control, i recieved a roll-on from the doctors and tablets but they havent worked. Could you please help thank you.
Hi,I also have hyperhidrosis and my doctor prescribed anhydrol forte aluminium chloride hexahydrate. After using this for 6 months it did work but it also burnt my armpits after every use. I had enough and couldn't bear it anymore it was too painful. After seeing the doctor again today I am now getting botox! I'm so excited to be able to wear long sleeved tops again and to finally feel confident in what I wear!
i have had botox treatment for sweating it is painfull to have done and only lasted 6 months max for me,but until u try it you might be one the lucky ones and it works for you good luck.
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