Excessive Sweating
Excessive Sweating
Excessive sweating is a medical condition known as Hyperhidrosis. An individual with hyperhidrosis often sweats excessively and unpredictably, even when the temperature is cool or at rest.
Botox Therapeutic may be used to treat hyperhidrosis after deodorant and oral medications have been tried without relief. Botox Therapeutic is a medication of purified protein with the ability to temporarily block the secretion of the chemical that is responsible for “turning on” the body’s sweat glands. By blocking, or interrupting, this chemical messenger, botulinum toxin “turns off” sweating at the area where it has been injected. The injections are very shallow, meaning that the medicine is injected just below the surface of the skin, where it remains. This procedure is extremely effective, though can be costly. By injecting the affected area with botulism toxin, sweating will be reduced for approximately 6 months.
- Procedure time: 20-30 minutes
- Anesthesia: ice
- Pain level: mild to moderate
- Recovery time: None
- Results: within 1-2 weeks
- Treatment effects: lasting up to 6 months at which point repeated treatment is recommended.
Morpheus8
The state-of-the-art Morpheus 8™ is the first and only full-body subdermal adipose remodeling device, to target the deepest layers of the skin using radiofrequency technology. The Morpheus8 hand piece can penetrate deeper in the axillae, up to 4mm, providing an outstanding chance to address not only the superficial eccrine glands, responsible for sweating, but also the deep apocrine ones, responsible for the odor, in a multilayer pattern. We recommend a standard protocol of 4 to 6 treatments done at 4 weeks apart.
- Procedure time: 15-30 minutes
- Anesthesia: topical numbing cream and ice
- Pain level: mild to moderate
- Recovery time: few days
- Results: gradually noticeable as the treatment series progress
- Treatment effects: best seen with multiple treatments and maintenance over 6-12 months.