Treatments for excessive sweating and
hyperhidrosis:
Targets for treatment of hyperhidrosis can be anywhere along the
chain controlling sweating:
To discuss
the treatments, we need to consider:
Of course nothing
replaces a consultation with an expert with years of experience in
treating patients but, for the sake of this website, we are going to
divide the information into these two broad categories.
This should help
you find out the information that you need.
What treatment methods are available of
excessive sweating / hyperhidrosis:
The main treatment
options fall into the following categories:
- Conservative measures or drugs
/ medication
- Iontophoresis
- Botulinum Toxin (Botox®
or Dysport®)
injections
- Walk-in walk-out local
anaesthetic surgery - Laser Sweat Ablation (LSA)
- General Anaesthetic Surgery -
ETS (Endoscopic Transthoracic Sympathectomy)
Which methods of treatment are suitable
for which areas of the body:
Not all of these treatment methods can be used in all of the areas of the
body - in fact most of the treatments are optimal for only one or two
specific areas of the body.
Therefore, having gone through the treatment options, we will go thorough
which are appropriate for each area:
-
Arm-pits - Axillary Hyperhidrosis
-
Hands and palms - Palmar Hyperhidrosis
-
Face and head -
Facial flushing, blushing and
sweating
-
Groins - Sweating in skin crease in groin
-
Feet - Plantar Hyperhidrosis
The menu at the top of this page can
be used to take you to all of the relevant pages for treatment
methods and areas of the body.
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