Dr. Amit Bhasin
- What is Hyper hidrosis ?
Hyper hidrosis is excessive unwanted sweating from different areas of body.
- Is the sweat smelly ?
Normally the sweat is not smelly. There is also a condition in which sweat could be smelly, it’s called bromhidrosis. The reason for smelly sweat is bacteria.
- Is there any drawback of the condition ?
Hyperhidrosis doesn’t really happen because of excessive workout or excessive heat, under normal circumstances also the sweat is released excessively so it becomes humiliating and awkward for the patient and the condition hampers patient’s confidence. Patient feel shy to shake hands and wear certain clothes because of sweat patch or even take off their shoes in public places .
- What are the areas affected ?
There could be axillary hyperhidrosis which mean excessive sweating from armpits / underarms or palmar hyperhidrosis which means excessive sweating from hands or plantar hyperhidrosis which means excessive sweating from the foot.
- Is the treatment FDA approved ?
Yes. FDA ( US food and drug administration ) has given approval for the injection treatment for the affected area.
- How to find the sweat area ?
Dermatologist will apply iodine in the complete area of concern like armpits. Once the iodine is dry doctor will apply starch in the same area. There will be a chemical reaction and the affected area will turn darker ( dark blue).
- How to treat the condition ?
You need not to worry now we have easy treatments to sort this issue. You can visit your dermatologist to show the condition and they can prescribe some topical lotions to reduce the sweat.
- Is there any treatment to complete stop the sweat in the affected area ?
We inject botulinum with the help of insulin syringe in the affected area. We apply topical numbing cream so that patient doesn’t feel the pain. The results are amazing and can reduce upto 90% sweat and the results can last from 6 months to a year or sometimes even more. The results start showing within a week.
