HYPERHIDROSIS

Reduce Excessive Sweating

Hyperhidrosis (Excessive sweating of the underarms)

Many people have a medical condition named severe primary auxiliary hyperhidrosis better known as severe underarm sweating. Severe underarm sweating is a medical condition that involves overactive sweat glands. Sweat is your body's temperature regulator. In severe primary auxiliary hyperhidrosis, sweating significantly exceeds the body's normal requirements for cooling. People with the condition do a lot to cope:

• Change clothes frequently

• Put absorbent materials under clothing

• Avoid certain fabrics and styles of clothes

• Seek medical attention and treatment

While people with severe underarm sweating may choose many different antiperspirants, in some instances those products do not work well enough for their sweating. Clothes can be a real issue, because the wrong choice can reveal your severe underarm sweating condition rather than hide it. Your wardrobe can be very limited and you may have to purchase new clothing frequently.

When clinical strength antiperspirants do not work well enough, ask Dr McCormick if Botox could be right for you!

Botox neurotoxin treatment helps control the symptoms of severe underarm sweating when topical medicines do not work well enough by temporarily blocking the chemical signals from the nerves that stimulate the sweat glands. When the sweat glands don't receive chemical signals, the severe sweating stops. Botox injections temporarily stop the production of excessive sweat in the treated areas only. Sweat continues to be produced elsewhere.

Where does the sweat go?

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Your sweat doesn't go anywhere or get backed up because the sweat simply is not produced in the areas treated with Botox. Remember, the rest of your body is free to produce moisture normally.