Friday 31 July 2009

3 Ways to stop excessive sweating

Excessive sweating is not a sign of bad hygiene or poor personal grooming it is caused by a health condition called hyperhidrosis. This condition affects 3% of the population, who experience excessive sweating, whether the temperature is hot or cold.

It affects both sexes equally, although it mainly occurs in people between 20-60 years of age. People that suffer from hyperhidrosis are often very embarrassed by the rapid, drenching state that it produces without any warning. Despite washing regularly, using anti-perspirant and changing their clothes as often as possible, they are still wet with sweat without cause.

But thankfully for those people, there exists some ways to stop the embarrassing condition of hyperhidrosis.

Laser/Vaser treatment
Relatively new techniques such as Smartlipo or Vaser can be used to treat axillary hyperhidrosis (Excessive sweating of the armpits). They are a minor surgical procedure carried out under local anaesthetic where 1 small incision is made. The laser/vaser heats the tissue and so destroys the sweat glands. The results are semi-permanent and there have not been any reported complications to date, although there is no long term data yet.

Sympathomimectomy Surgery
The advances in modern medical technology mean that these days, hyperhidrosis surgery uses only three incisions and a small camera during the procedure. The operation itself is done under general anaesthesia. Two or three cuts are made under the armpit. A tiny camera is passed through the incisions. This allows the surgeon to see well enough to cut the nerves that send the signals to the overactive sweat glands.

During this operation, the lung is collapsed and later re-inflated to provide room for the surgeon to work. When one side is completed, the procedure is carried out on the other side of the patient. The patient will be in hospital for about 24 hours and recovery time is up to 10 days.

The results are often very good, but it is not unusual to develop the sweating elsewhere on the body following surgery.

Botox – The Best Overall Treatment
The most successful way to reduce excessive sweating is the use of Botox. It is much safer than major surgery and can be carried out with no downtime. The greatest advantage of using Botox is that a series of injections can leave the patient free from the embarrassing condition of hyperhidrosis for up ten months, a great relief for many sufferers.

The treatment works by injecting the Botox into the skin areas that are most affected by excessive sweating. This prevents the release of a chemical called acetylcholine, which carries messages from the nervous system to the sweat glands across the body.

With this approach, the patient does not need to stay overnight. Any pain will be limited to a slight discomfort during the injections only and you won’t need to take time off work.

If you want to stop excessive sweating in its tracks, contact Riverbank Clinic, we can treat your hyperhidrosis, no sweat!

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