Armpit Sweating:
Also known as Axillary Sweating is another form of excessive sweating in localized area of the body. This form of focal hyperhidrosis can be embarrassing socially and functionally. It can prevent the affected person from doing certain things causing confidence issues and also can cause difficulties in relationships.
Obviously the initial approach to this problem is to use the regular conservative measures such as deodorants that can be bought over the counter or stronger ones like Drysol that can be obtained with prescriptions. Maxim which is another strong deodorant can be obtained online at CoradHealthCare.com. In different countries there are different names for these products and patients should always keep records of what medications were used. Besides the topical antiperspirants one can also try oral medications which have very limited success rates.
Botox is a known remedy which has to be administered a physician. It is a temporary solution with success rate of anywhere between 2 to 6 months. It is somewhat painful (mild) and can be repeated to those who would like to have this temporary solution.
The surgical solution in the past was to excise the skin in the armpit area. This is a good solution but it has some disadvantages such as big scarring and possible limiting of arm movement. The new solution with suction curettage is a good step towards providing long term results with minimal scarring.
Armpit Sweating Surgical Treatment:
In the procedure that is called axillary suction currettage two small incisions are made in each armpit area. Through those small incisions certain suction tubes are inserted underneath the skin and with repeated criss cross motions the sweat glands in those areas are suctioned and curette. The operation is done under light general anesthesia and the success rate ranges around 90%. Post operative pain is minimal and side effects such as bleeding, infection, hardening of the skin and fluid accumulation can happen but those usually are on a temporary basis. Rarely a small necrosis of the skin can happen which in term will heal itself with time.
To learn more about this we recommend Dr. Reisfeld's page on armpit sweating.
Armpit Odor:
A different group of patients who complain about armpit problems are those that suffer not necessarily from excessive armpit sweating but from issues with bad smelling armpits. In those cases that manifest themselves only with bad smell but not sweating the success rate of axillary suction curettage is not good as those suffering from excessive armpit sweating.
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