Hyperhidrosis (Excessive Sweating) Perth

Excessive sweating is caused by overactive sweat glands. It affects millions of people around the world every day. When sweating (or hyperhidrosis) is excessive it can be uncomfortable, stressful, and embarrassing. It can affect someone’s self-esteem and impact everything from style choice and sporting activities through to career decisions and relationships.
While stress and high temperatures can increase perspiration, they do not cause hyperhidrosis.

This condition is an inherited trait or physiological condition that prevents the body from properly regulating its temperature. It can occur in various parts of the body including the underarms, feet, scalp and palms of the hands.

At Academy Face and Body, we use wrinkle relaxers to minimise the effects of hyperhidrosis. During your consultation, we will first help you to identify the underlying cause of the condition. In some instances, it can be caused by certain medications. Once an alternative medication is found, the condition should subside on its own. Your general practitioner can assist you with this process. If the condition is deemed to be hereditary or a general physiological condition, wrinkle relaxers can be used to treat it.

During your treatment, a series of small injections are administered. The ingredients in wrinkle relaxer injections will prevent specific nerves from triggering the sweat glands, resulting in drier hands, feet and underarms. The number of injections required will depend on the areas that need to be treated. Overall, the treatment is quick and straightforward, meaning patients can return to work or head home directly after their appointment.

To begin with, the results will only start to take effect after about a week. From there, the results will last up to 6 months. However, this will vary between patients. In some instances, results can last up to a year. As soon as your symptoms start to return, you can schedule your next appointment.

As with any medication or treatment there may be some side effects. Because this treatment only requires a small amount of product, any side effects are usually only around the injection site and are temporary.

The most common side effects are pain or small bruises around the injection site, transient arm weakness, and a perceived increase in sweating in areas other than the underarms. All of the potential side effects of the treatment will be discussed with you during the consultation.

First approved in Australia for eye and face movement disorders in 1993, it has been used in Australia and New Zealand in therapeutic treatments for over 20 years. Wrinkle relaxers are safe, particularly because they are administered by qualified and experienced professionals at Academy Face and Body. Over and above treating hyperhidrosis, millions of men and women use wrinkle relaxers to treat wrinkles and expression lines.

Prior to your appointment, it’s requested that you not shave your underarms for two to three days. Any medications or supplements that thin your blood should also be avoided several days before your treatment. This will help prevent excess bleeding and bruising. Other than this, there are no other major preparation requirements.

This is all dependent on the number of areas that need to be treated as well as the severity of the condition. How quickly your body metabolises the injections between treatments will affect both the frequency of treatments and the overall cost. The best way to find out more about the costs involved with this treatment is to schedule a consultation at Academy Face and Body.