Skin Clinic

Underarm Hyperhidrosis

Underarm Hyperhidrosis
in Chelmsford, Essex

If you suffer from excessive sweating, we can offer a treatment to drastically help your worries. At Aloe Vera Dental Studio in Chelmsford, Essex, we can treat symptoms of Hyperhidrosis by injecting Botox into the the area of concern.

What is underarm hyperhidrosis

Axillary Hyperhidrosis is the medical term for excessive sweating in the armpit. This condition involves excessive sweat in the armpits, which is almost totally resistant to all the types of deodorants and other odour controlling medication. Although Sweating is necessary for our body as it maintains core body temperature, it has both thermoregulatory and emotional variants.

Social and functional working of the person is directly affected by Axillary Hyperhidrosis and can create anxiety and depression in the person suffering from it. The condition generally starts in adolescence. Excessive underarm sweating can sometimes damage and discolour the clothes. Sometimes in a working environment people have to wear white shirts or bright coloure clothes that can easily show sweat paches and when this happens it can make people feel embaressed or very conciouse of themselves. This can of course indirectly affect their performance at work. Our dentist at Aloe Vera Dental Studio in Chelmsford, Essex has a lot of understanding and experience in treating the patients with this problem.

Axillary Hyperhidrosis is caused by overactive sweat glands and is present in 1 % of the population and a family history is present in 30 to 50 % of patients suggesting a genetic component. Axillary Hyperhidrosis and is triggered by:

Injections of Botox are used for excessive underarm perspiration also known as Axillary hyperhidrosis. The injections are given by micro injection into the skin, a procedure that takes approximately 15 mins to perform by our experienced dentist at Aloe Vera Dental Studio in Chelmsford, Springfield.

When small doses are given into the skin, the injections block the actions of the nerve that supplies the eccrine sweat glands: this prevents the glands from producing sweat. The effects of the treatment usually last for several months but will eventually wear off. The treatment result of the underarm excessive sweating is individual and depends on the severity of the condition. It is important to mention though that there will always be a significant improvement.

Here At Aloe Vera Dental Studio in Chelmsford, Essex, many of our patients have been successfully treated for Axillary Hyperhidrosis or excessive underarm sweating with injections, a simple and effective treatment for excessive sweating. The procedure takes 15 minutes to complete and is relativly painless. It involves a few tiny injections by our experienced dentist into the underarm skin where the sweating is greatest to block the action of nerves that supply the sweat glands, and stop the glands from producing sweat. The effects can last for up to 9 months.

Underarm injections have also been approved by the FDA for the treatment of axillary hyperhidrosis and has been safely used in all skin types. They cannot be used in pregnant or nursing females.

If you have been suffering with underarm hyperhidrosis, having underarm injections can really improve your self-esteem. Sweat patches can be really embarrassing, but luckily these can be a thing of the past!

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