Hyperhidrosis: How effective is BTX?

Botox for hyperhidrosis

During the hot season, it's normal to sweat – especially during physical exertion like carrying heavy objects or, of course, playing sports. However, some people sweat excessively all the time – regardless of whether it's hot or cold outside, or whether they're working or exercising. If the sweat glands in the body work too hard and sweat literally „pours from the pores“, the medical condition can Hyperhidrosis hidden by. How you with the active ingredient BTX In this article, we explain how to tackle excessive sweating.

BTX: Not only strong in wrinkle treatment, but also against sweating

When the word BTX is mentioned, many people automatically associate it with the relief of Pleats. The active ingredient is known as an „anti-wrinkle and rejuvenating agent“.

BTX has the property of paralysing the nerve-muscle transmission after injection, thus causing the relevant muscle to become paralysed. This effect is used to relax muscles. This also reduces facial wrinkles that are caused by the movements of the facial muscles.

But BTX can also be used in medicine for completely different areas, for example in the treatment of muscle spasms, recurring migraine attacks, or indeed against hyperhidrosis.
The latter works in a similar way: by binding to the peripheral nerve endings that use acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter to activate the sweat glands, signal transmission is blocked. This reduces the secretion of the sweat glands, the patient sweats significantly less, and bothersome sweat stains become a thing of the past.

BTX wird bei Hyperhidrose eingesetzt, um übermässiges Schwitzen zu behandeln.

BTX therapy for hyperhidrosis can only be administered if the symptoms are confined to a specific area. We use it for the treatment of excessive Underarm sweat in.
We inject the active ingredient under the skin, which has been treated with a numbing cream, in square centimetre intervals using a fine needle. An average of 10 to 20 injections are made into the skin per armpit. BTX then develops its effect there, which lasts for about six months.
For an even distribution and to mark the entire sweating area, we draw a grid on the skin so that no area remains untreated.

Treating hyperhidrosis in Weert

If you also suffer from very heavy underarm sweating and wish to have it treated, we can recommend BTX therapy. We can generally achieve very good results with this.

Contact us We look forward to hearing from you if you have any questions or to make an appointment in our Acura clinic wish to conclude an agreement!

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