Sweat, though unpleasant, but it is natural. But what if it becomes a problem that can not handle conventional means?
Every square centimeter of our skin contains about 100 sweat glands. But most of them at the most "problematic" areas - the hands, feet and armpits. Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating) - a violation of the sweat glands. It helps to understand why it occurs.
The causes of hyperhidrosis
Obvious reasons - increased physical or psycho-emotional stress, wearing clothing made of synthetic materials or tight shoes. But not all so simple.
- Hyperhidrosis can be and is not connected with external factors. For example, it often occurs in people with a genetic predisposition, or anatomical features.
- Sometimes the reason is the disease of the endocrine system, vascular and mental disorders.
- In pathological hyperhidrosis (about 3% of people in the world) people sweat regardless of temperature effects on the body.
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How to start treatment?
First of all, a trip to the dermatologist and find the cause. The doctor will also determine the degree of hyperhidrosis.
So, when mild on clothes appear regularly spot diameter of 5-10 cm with a moderate - 10-20 cm. Eliminate the unpleasant symptoms in both cases help special medical antiperspirants. Such means comprise aluminum salt alyumohloridy that temporarily block the sweat gland ducts.
In conventional deodorants content of these salts does not exceed 2-3%, and in their medical and 10% or more.
If deodorants and antiperspirants do not help, it makes sense to think about the Botulinum or surgical treatment.
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How to apply antiperspirants
To rely on effective operation of medical antiperspirant follow the rules.
- Alyumohloridnye antiperspirants applied only at night before going to bed on dry clean armpits when the sweat glands are not working. It is necessary that the active substance was included in the pores. Enough to apply the agent every 4-5 days.
- Do not use deodorant in the morning or right after a shower, on damp armpits. Keep in mind that medical antiperspirant contact with water can injure the skin.
- Prolonged use alyumohloridov atrophy occurs sweat glands. And the need for such facilities is eliminated. For example, the first antiperspirant is applied every 4 days, then once a week, 2 weeks, a month. Since sweating is coming back to normal.
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When we needed drastic measures
1. curettage method. This surgical operation aimed at removing the sweat glands. Under local anesthesia, the doctor makes a puncture in the skin and with a special spoon (curette) scrapes the sweat glands. But after a few months of damaged nerve fibers are recovered, and sweating in the operated area increases.
2. Simpatoektomiya - more serious operation. The doctor removes the crosses or the sympathetic nerve trunk, responsible for perspiration.
A plus the method is that it gives a long lasting result.
Minus - effective only at the local hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating on any one area of the body). In generalized hyperhidrosis (in all areas of the skin) do simpatoektomiyu useless. Another negative - after surgery is often a compensatory hyperhidrosis (the person starts to sweat more in other places).
3. laser correction. Method of destruction of sweat glands with a laser. Under local anesthesia, it is injected into the subcutaneous fat through the microcuts and "burns out" most of the sweat glands. As a bonus - and the laser destroys the hair follicles, which reduces hair growth. To achieve the effect, it takes several treatments, but the cost is quite high.
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