Botox® : Excessive Sweating Treatment
Botox® Injections are a new treatment for hyperhidrosis or excessive sweating. Many individuals have suffer from this potentially embarrassing medical condition. Uncontrollable sweating now has a new champion, Botox®! The FDA approved Botox® for the treatment of excessive underarm sweating. Previous alternatives were aluminum salt antiperspirants, ETS surgery, or certain oral medications.
Many patients experience almost immediate relief from the use of Botox® Sweating Injections, usually within a few days, but the results are temporary and may need to be repeated every 6 to 12 months.
Botox® has developed a good reputation for its reliability when it has been used for ophthalmology applications and for wrinkle therapy over the last 10 to 12 years. Although good results have been consistently reported for Botox® treatment for excessive sweating, occasionally there is no improvement requiring another form of treatment to be employed. Botox sweating treatment does not require any down time, and most patients continue immediately in their daily activities.
During treatment, Botox® is injected just under the skin of the underarm. Botox® sweating injections temporarily block the nerves from sending chemical signals to the sweat glands. The production of excessive sweat stops when the sweat glands don’t receive chemical signals. This is a localized response, sweat continues to be produced in other parts of the body.
