Excess Sweating in the Underarm area – also known as Axillary Hyperhidrosis – an effective non-surgical treatment. 
1. This treatment is for those patients who have a significant problem with underarm sweating. On average these patients will usually be changing their shirt, blouse or T-shirt five to six times per day, sometimes as often as twelve times per day. 2. The treatment technique involves a painless test to study which sweat glands are the most active so that these can be targeted especially.

3. Testing to identify areas of sweating and the treatment take around 30- 45 minutes total. You are free to go home or back to work immediately afterwards.

4. The vast majority of patients find the procedure, at worst, only very slightly uncomfortable e.g it is infinitely less painful than having a waxing.

5. If you are feeling uptight in any way I usually do a brief laser acupuncture treatment to relax you beforehand which is invariably effective.

6. Avoid anti-perspirant and/or deodorant for 24 hours before the treatment, shave your armpits well, and wear an old t-shirt/shirt/ top and an old bra in case it gets stained with dye.

7. Treatment is highly effective for up to one year and its success has been published in the medical journal The Lancet.

8. We have many satisfied patients who are just delighted to be able to wear clothes normally again.

9. Effects of treatment begin to appear in three to five days and are maximal at approximately two weeks. We usually get a delighted phone-call from the patient announcing with delight that he or she has felt able to ditch the black t-shirts.

10. In contrast to the surgical treatments on offer which are traumatic, frequently not terribly effective and which cause increased sweating at other sites we have had invariably positive feedback with all the patients we have treated for excess underarm sweating.

11. Botox and Dysport have not been tested in patients who are pregnant, breastfeeding and their use in such circumstances is not recommended. Use of Botulinum toxin in severe neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis is not recommended.