Hyperhidrosis Forum

Hey carolinagirl, welcome to the forums! I have had ETS and get CS mostly in the feet. For a period of time, I also got CS elsewhere, but that seems to have largely disappeared. You are lucky to be living in a warm place during these winter months. Anyway, we will hopefully get more people joining t...

Sonic lucky you! I also had success with Dehydral in the armpits, but stopped since the armpit sweating doesn't bother me much. Odaban, Maxim and numerous other products are effective in the armpits, and most of the experienced surgeons no longer offer ETS to treat armpit seating. Unfortunately, mos...

http://www.delasco.com/pcat/3/Self-Help_Products/MD-1/MD1P/MD1P-2/ http://www.delasco.com/pcat/3/Self-Help_Products/MD-1/MD1P/ Article - Treatment of Hyperhidrosis by Tap Water Iontophoresis Treatment of Hyperhidrosis by Tap Water Iontophoresis, by Fred Levit, MD, Chicago, Illinois. Enclosed in MD-...

AJ, have you tried Dehydral? I purchased it for my feet sweating, but it did nothing. I then experimented with it in my armpits and it was extremely effective to the point of resulting in discomfortably dry armpits. I only used it a few times in my armpits and than stopped as I don't mind some sweat...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWZhiJIe ... ed&search=

It was on youtube and I am not sure if it was posted by the doctor himself. Anyway, its quite graphic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvgHDX5u444&mode=related&search= I used to have about the same level of sweating in my hands prior to ETS (though for only an hour so so a day at that intensity level). After ETS, my hands stopped sweating, but my feet sweating increased to a similarly high level as a...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd2Xjgzb ... ed&search=

Interesting to say the least.

I paid $6000 since insurance refused to cover the cost. I never knew I could appeal the decision at the time as I was too young! Even with insurance, you might still have to pay the first $1000 or something to that effect. You should definitely try the various iontophoresis machines first -- somethi...

Hi steve, Welcome to the boards. I know what you are saying as I went through all the same stuff you are going through. I ended up having surgery at the age of 18 without EVER trying iontophoresis. While the surgery was successful in stopping hand sweating, I have some side effects now and wish I ha...

michaelr, Sounds like you do have hyperhidrosis :-( However, the extent of your hand and feet sweating might not be very bad, in which case creams and lotions might be very helpful. Otherwise, iontophoresis is definitely worth trying out. Excessive armpit sweating is not abnormal and very very commo...

1: Clin Auton Res. 2003 Dec;13 Suppl 1:I6-9. History of sympathetic surgery. * Hashmonai M, * Kopelman D. Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. hasmonai@inter.net.il The first reported operation on the upper sympathetic system was performed by Alexander in 1889...

http://windylampson.blogspot.com/2006/0 ... rosis.html

I assume the wrinkling in the hand picture in the above link is not permanent!? Anyway, it still beats heavily sweating hands I think.

Another blog that linked to the above one:

http://sweatypalmdiaries.blogspot.com/

1: Clin Auton Res. 2003 Dec;13 Suppl 1:I10-5. Upper thoracic sympathetic surgery. Open surgical techniques. * Kopelman D, * Hashmonai M. Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Four open surgical approaches have been used to perform upper thoracic sympathectomy. ...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/custom ... ws.start=1

Surprising number of good reviews when used in the armpits.