Summer and 4th of July! Hot dogs, ice cream, pools, fireworks, and for some, shirts with soaked underarms? There's nothing fun about having to avoid wearing certain fabrics, or colors, or styles of shirts because you just know that in an hour there will be large dark circles under your arms. And in the south Florida heat, sweating is a given.
But there are solutions for severe underarm sweating. Both over-the-counter and prescription topical solutions, usually consisting of aluminum chloride, are often prescribed. But when they fail, it's Botox to the rescue.
"But Doc," you may say, "isn't Botox for wrinkles?" Yes, it is. And it's also FDA approved for primary axillary hyperhidrosis (ie severe underarm sweating). Dermatologists inject small amounts under the skin in the underarms. Significant improvement and reduction of sweating is usually seen within 1 month of treatment; often sooner. And results last approximately 6 months.
Now, that's worth raising an arm about!
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