Few things are more embarrassing than excessive underarm sweating known as hyperhidrosis. You wave to a friend or motion during a presentation, and all you can hope is that no one notices how drenched the underarms of your shirt are. Worst of all, you can’t control your sweating no matter how much antiperspirant you lather on. For decades, people suffering from hyperhidrosis have lived embarrassed and self-conscious – until an amazing discovery was recently made. Botox, the treatment trusted by millions to smooth their wrinkles, also has the power to treat hyperhidrosis. Do I have hyperhidrosis…or am I just sweating? Sweating is the body’s natural way of regulating its temperature. When a person suffers from ...

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Sweating is a natural phenomenon necessary for the normal regulation of an human’s body-temperature. The secretion of sweat is mediated by a part of our vegetative nervous system (the Sympathetic Nervous System). Facial blushing, or erythrophobia, is a sudden reddening of the face that occurs spontaneously or in response to stressful stimuli, which can extend to the neck, forehead, ears and the upper chest. Some areas are obviously harder to conceal than others. Facial blushing generally appears during the teenage years. The sudden burst of facial redness is triggered by the unexpected announcement of exciting information or sometimes by the presence of others, which can also tie in with facial blushing. The affliction may have ...

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