Hyperhidrosis Forum

I've had severe HH on my hand for as long as I can remember. I'm 14 in 8th grade. I hate it when the teacher says to clear your desks because we are about to take a test. When the test starts, I sweat so badly I get the whole darn paper wet. Then we have to pass it up the row and then everyone knows about my sweaty hands.

That's just one of many problems I have. I can't do the "handclap" thing with my friends because I sweat, I'm afraid to shake hands, I get cold hands as I sweat, etc. Oh and btw, I have a towel over my mouse to prevent it from getting wet So yeah, it sucks, about 90% of my day I'm sweating.

I recently went to a dermatoligist. He recommended Maxim and Drysol but they don't seem to work. I went on wikipedia to do some research about my HH and found out that aluminum chloride isn't effective for HH. Then I read about Iontopherosis and saw that it can be very effective, even stop me from sweating . Has anyone that has HH on the hands as bad as me try a Intopherosis machine? If so, what were the results and what machine we you using? And what's the best way to get an Intopherosis machine?

Ty

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 had at least given iontophoresis a shot.

You should go through all the posts in the four iontophoresis sections in these forums. Drionic is the cheapest machine (even cheaper on ebay -- but usually used), but the other machines are more effective it seems.

For example, read this very helpful post:

http://no-ets.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=89

Drionic can also be converted to electricity or 9V battery (much cheaper than buying the company's proprietary batteries) and hopefully you have a friend who can help you with this process if you are not so inclined.

Hi steve_nf, have you purchased an iontophoresis machine?