subject: Methods On How To Stop Excessive Sweating [print this page] Methods On How To Stop Excessive Sweating
Picture this: You are wearing your beautiful long sleeved blouse at a party, you may be drinking a cocktail or two, dancing the night away, and then a camera snaps. While looking at yesterday's pictures on Facebook, you look at yourself waving your arms in wild abandon and then... you feel the embarrassment! You found out a wide stain under your armpit area.
This condition is called hyperhidrosis and it may cause embarassment to the person affected. This usually occurs during puberty stage. Armpits, groin, hands and feet are the parts of the body where sweat glands are largely located. This condition can also be inherited. If a family member experiences this, then most likely, you will also be affected. Sweating is aggravated in situations wherein your sympathetic responses is increased. Many patients testifies that they become nervous when they are sweating and they sweat more because they are nervous.
One common medication to this is antiperspirant because it contains substances that can reduce sweating. If you want to disable your sweat glands, you can have botulinum toxin type An injections. But its effect is also temporary ranging from 4 to 9 months depending on the size of injection. This procedure must be done by a liscenced and trained professional.
There are also surgical procedures for this problem. Methods such as sweat gland suction, retrodermal curettage, and axillary liposuction, Vaser or Laser Sweat Ablation, are usually used. Excessive sweating can absolutely be stopped by these methods but it must only be performed by professional and trained surgeons.
The person affected by hyperhidrosis suffers in many ways. Most of its effect is not on physical but emotional as it may cause embarassment and affect a person's social life. They would normally adapt a lifestyle that may make them comfortable enough to fit in their environment. Because of the increase of technology, people who have this situation can benefit a lot.
