Axillary Hyperhidrosis (Excessive Sweating)
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Excessive sweating, medically known as hyperhidrosis, involves overactive sweat glands. When sweating becomes excessive it can be embarrassing, uncomfortable, stressful, and disabling. Excessive underarm sweating can disrupt many aspects of a person's life, from career choices and recreational activities to relationships, emotional well-being, and self-esteem.
The following information explains how our treatment for excessive underarm sweating works and what is involved with the treatment.
What is hyperhidrosis?
Hyperhidrosis, or excessive sweating, is a condition that affects millions of people around the world. Uncontrolled sweating can occur in various parts of the body including the hands, feet, or underarms. Although high temperatures or stress can increase perspiration, they don't cause hyperhidrosis. Hyperhidrosis may be an inherited trait or physiological condition that stops the body from properly regulating its temperature.
How long does the treatment last?
After the first treatment, the effects last an average of 7 months. However, the amount of time the treatment remains effective may vary from person to person. When your symptoms begin to return, see your doctor.
Are there any side effects?
In addition to its use for treating hyperhidrosis, the same treatment is used to treat a variety of conditions, including cerebral palsy in children and movement
disorders (head, neck, shoulder and face).
As with all medicines, the treatment may cause some side effects. In the amounts used for the treatment of hyperhidrosis, the side effects are usually temporary and localised to the area of injection. The most common side effects for primary hyperhidrosis are a perceived increase in sweating in areas other than the underarms, pain at the injection site, pain, hot flushes, and transient arm weakness. If you have any questions about the side effects, please ask your doctor.
How long has the treatment been used?
This treatment has been used in Australia and New Zealand in therapeutic treatments for over 15 years. I was first approved for use in Australia for movement disorders (eye & face) in 1993 and for eye spasms and crossed eyes in New Zealand in 1991.
What is the treatment?
The treatment used is a natural, purified protein that temporarily blocks the release of a chemical that signals perspiration, helping to reduce excessive sweating. The active ingredient in the treatment is derived from bacteria in much the same way penicillin is derived from mould. It is manufactured in sterile laboratory
conditions.
The treatment is a prescription-only medicine and treatment is only available from a qualified medical professional. It is registered for the treatment of severe axillary hyperhidrosis (excessive underarm sweating).
How does the treatment work?
The treatment can be used to treat excessive underarm sweating by targeting sweating as its source. Once injected by your doctor, the treatment enters the specific glands in the underarms responsible for excessive sweating. There, it blocks the release of a chemical that signals the body to produce perspiration.
What does the treatment involve?
The treatment is a non-surgical procedure whereby a small amount of the medicine is administered into the skin of the armpits by a trained medical professional using a very fine needle. Generally, the procedure takes around 20 minutes. Discomfort is typically minimal and brief, and although the injection may sting for a few seconds, normal activities can be resumed soon after.
After the injection, it takes about 7 days for the treatment to take full effect.
Excessive sweating, medically known as hyperhidrosis, involves overactive sweat glands. When sweating becomes excessive it can be embarrassing, uncomfortable, stressful, and disabling. Excessive underarm sweating can disrupt many aspects of a person's life, from career choices and recreational activities to relationships, emotional well-being, and self-esteem.
The following information explains how our treatment for excessive underarm sweating works and what is involved with the treatment.
What is hyperhidrosis?
Hyperhidrosis, or excessive sweating, is a condition that affects millions of people around the world. Uncontrolled sweating can occur in various parts of the body including the hands, feet, or underarms. Although high temperatures or stress can increase perspiration, they don't cause hyperhidrosis. Hyperhidrosis may be an inherited trait or physiological condition that stops the body from properly regulating its temperature.
How long does the treatment last?
After the first treatment, the effects last an average of 7 months. However, the amount of time the treatment remains effective may vary from person to person. When your symptoms begin to return, see your doctor.
Are there any side effects?
In addition to its use for treating hyperhidrosis, the same treatment is used to treat a variety of conditions, including cerebral palsy in children and movement
disorders (head, neck, shoulder and face).
As with all medicines, the treatment may cause some side effects. In the amounts used for the treatment of hyperhidrosis, the side effects are usually temporary and localised to the area of injection. The most common side effects for primary hyperhidrosis are a perceived increase in sweating in areas other than the underarms, pain at the injection site, pain, hot flushes, and transient arm weakness. If you have any questions about the side effects, please ask your doctor.
How long has the treatment been used?
This treatment has been used in Australia and New Zealand in therapeutic treatments for over 15 years. I was first approved for use in Australia for movement disorders (eye & face) in 1993 and for eye spasms and crossed eyes in New Zealand in 1991.
What is the treatment?
The treatment used is a natural, purified protein that temporarily blocks the release of a chemical that signals perspiration, helping to reduce excessive sweating. The active ingredient in the treatment is derived from bacteria in much the same way penicillin is derived from mould. It is manufactured in sterile laboratory
conditions.
The treatment is a prescription-only medicine and treatment is only available from a qualified medical professional. It is registered for the treatment of severe axillary hyperhidrosis (excessive underarm sweating).
How does the treatment work?
The treatment can be used to treat excessive underarm sweating by targeting sweating as its source. Once injected by your doctor, the treatment enters the specific glands in the underarms responsible for excessive sweating. There, it blocks the release of a chemical that signals the body to produce perspiration.
What does the treatment involve?
The treatment is a non-surgical procedure whereby a small amount of the medicine is administered into the skin of the armpits by a trained medical professional using a very fine needle. Generally, the procedure takes around 20 minutes. Discomfort is typically minimal and brief, and although the injection may sting for a few seconds, normal activities can be resumed soon after.
After the injection, it takes about 7 days for the treatment to take full effect.
Mandatory Information
BOTOX® is a Prescription Medicine containing 100 units of clostridium botulinum Type A toxin complex for injection. It is used for the treatment of frown lines, crows feet and horizontal forehead lines. It should be administered only by trained medical professionals. Cautions: people with defective neuro-muscular transmission disorders, presence of infection at site of injection, glaucoma, pregnancy and lactation. Possible side effects include headaches, pain, burning or redness at injection site, local muscle weakness including drooping eye lids, lack of feeling & nausea. Talk to your specialist about the benefits/risks of this procedure or if you have concerns or side effects. Allergan Pharmaceuticals, Auckland.
Dysport® Disclaimer, You will need to pay for this medicine and the doctor's consultation. Dysport® treatment lasts about four months and after this time further courses of treatment may be necessary. Discuss with your specialist if Dysport® is right for you. Dysport ® is a Prescription Medicine containing 500 units of Clostridium botulinum Type A toxin-haemagglutinin complex for injection. It is used for the treatment of severe frown lines. It should be administered only by trained medical professionals. Talk to your specialist about the benefits/risks of this procedure in appearance medicine. Cautions: Presence of infection at site of injection and glaucoma. Dysport® should only be used with caution under close supervision in patients with subclinical or clinical evidence of marked defective neuro-muscular transmission. Teratology and other reproductive studies have not been performed and Dysport's safety in pregnancy and lactation has not been established. Possible side effects include headaches, pain, burning or redness at injection site, local muscle weakness including drooping eye lids, lack of feeling and nausea. If you have side effects or concerns speak to your doctor.
BOTOX® is a Prescription Medicine containing 100 units of clostridium botulinum Type A toxin complex for injection. It is used for the treatment of frown lines, crows feet and horizontal forehead lines. It should be administered only by trained medical professionals. Cautions: people with defective neuro-muscular transmission disorders, presence of infection at site of injection, glaucoma, pregnancy and lactation. Possible side effects include headaches, pain, burning or redness at injection site, local muscle weakness including drooping eye lids, lack of feeling & nausea. Talk to your specialist about the benefits/risks of this procedure or if you have concerns or side effects. Allergan Pharmaceuticals, Auckland.
Dysport® Disclaimer, You will need to pay for this medicine and the doctor's consultation. Dysport® treatment lasts about four months and after this time further courses of treatment may be necessary. Discuss with your specialist if Dysport® is right for you. Dysport ® is a Prescription Medicine containing 500 units of Clostridium botulinum Type A toxin-haemagglutinin complex for injection. It is used for the treatment of severe frown lines. It should be administered only by trained medical professionals. Talk to your specialist about the benefits/risks of this procedure in appearance medicine. Cautions: Presence of infection at site of injection and glaucoma. Dysport® should only be used with caution under close supervision in patients with subclinical or clinical evidence of marked defective neuro-muscular transmission. Teratology and other reproductive studies have not been performed and Dysport's safety in pregnancy and lactation has not been established. Possible side effects include headaches, pain, burning or redness at injection site, local muscle weakness including drooping eye lids, lack of feeling and nausea. If you have side effects or concerns speak to your doctor.