For people with hyperhidrosis, it can be a very lonely life. They choose not to go out for fear that people will either brush against or notice the wet patches under their arms, and be horrified... jumpers are worn all year round, and clothes are chosen more for their sweat-hiding potential than their overall looks.
Fortunately, there is actually a very effective, budget friendly hyperhidrosis treatment that is readily available nowadays. If you've been looking into Botox for excessive sweating treatment, we take you through everything a first-timer needs to know.
What is hyperhidrosis?
Everybody sweats - but only a very small percentage of people have the medical condition known as hyperhidrosis. The doctor will check your heart rate and blood pressure and look for visible sweat droplets on the body, to determine if you have hyperhidrosis.
What are the possible treatments?
There are several treatments available currently, and with hyperhidrosis treatment there is usually a direct inverse relationship between the availability of the treatment and its effectiveness.
For example, deodorants, which are the most 'available' treatment, are usually the least effective. In fact, in hyperhidrosis treatment, they are usually considered completely ineffective. In order of effectiveness, hyperhidrosis treatments include:
* Anti-perspirant deodorants
* Doctor-prescribed aluminium chloride hexahydrate deodorants
* Anticholinergic medications
* Excessive sweating treatment with Botox, currently approved for underarm sweating but not hand and foot sweating
* Complete removal of the sweat glands under the arm.
Which is the most common treatment?
Anti-perspirants, and even prescription deodorants, are usually quite ineffective against hyperhidrosis. They have to be re-applied throughout the day, and if a person runs up against a stressful situation, they are worthless.
Anticholinergics can be effective, but do have side effects - their action is body-wide, not local. The preferred treatment by both patients and many dermatologists is Botox excessive sweating treatment.
How does the hyperhidrosis treatment work?
The injection contains a signal-blocker that prevents information from nerves reaching the sweat glands, and telling them that it is time to sweat!
What does it feel like, and how effective is it?
The injections for hyperhidrosis treatment are relatively painless - and can be made completely painless with a local anaesthetic cream or an injectable anaesthetic applied beforehand.
You won't notice an immediate improvement - it will take two to four days for the treatment to begin working. The effects usually last for 7-10 months, during which time you may notice that you gradually start to sweat a little towards the end.
The entire excessive sweating treatment takes around 5-10 minutes to complete. You don't need a doctor's referral to get treatment, but cosmetic clinicians will explain the disadvantages of getting treatments that aren't suited to your condition.
There might be a little swelling and redness around the injection site after the hyperhidrosis treatment is completed, and occasionally bruising develops in the 24 hours afterwards, though this is rare.
If you have a cocktail party coming up, you will definitely want to have your treatment completed at least a fortnight beforehand!
By : Dr_Zion_C_Chan
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