Does anyone have any tips for how to get rid of excessive sweating?

Question

I always get sweat stains under my arms. What can I do to cure this?

Answer 1

I know what you mean. Take a shower every day and scrub with a soap like ivory or dove that dries out skin. Also Take 1 bath every 2 weeks. soaking helps. Wash with cold water to open sweat pores and scrub. Also if you wear black it magnifies light which makes your body hotter. which makes you sweat! So wear white more. Also use a deodrant with deodorant and antipersperant. Try Secret clinical strength. Its made for exsessive sweating.

Answer 2

You may want to re-post this in a different category...

But:

You need a dermatologist. You may be suffering from hyperhidrosis (not diaphoresis as the person incorrectly stated above). I suffer from this and have been since I was 13. I am now 21. Hyperhidrosis is excessive sweating unrelated to heat. You will sweat even when it is cold outside. My dermatologist told me this condition was genetic. I had hand, armpit, and feet sweating. It would get so bad, that I was embarassed to shake someone's hand or even be seen out in public because I would have dark sweat stains on my shirt. There are many treatments for this including pills, botox injections, and even surgery. I don't know how bad your sweating is or if it is causing you any public embarassment, but I'd speak with a dermatologist. My doctor said it was partially hormonal. I take Ditropan XL which is an anticholineric drug that is used to treat over active bladder. I don't have that condition but the side effect of the med. causes a decrease in sweating. This has been a miracle drug for me! Speak to your doctor about what's right for you. There are treatment options out there.

Good luck!

Answer 3

Try using 'normal' antiperspirants regularly. (There is a difference between antiperspirants and deodorants. Antiperspirants reduce the release of sweat, deodorants mask any unpleasant smell. However, sweat does not have a smell. It is only sweaty clothes that are not changed that may become smelly.)

Wear loose clothing under the armpits, and preferably not made with man-made fibres such as lycra and nylon.

Also, most chemists should stock something more for sweating so check them if the normal antiperspirant doesn't work.
If all else fails, see your doctor and he should be able to prescribe something.

Answer 4

This is the same technique I have taught over 138,000 men and women in 157 countries to successfully treat their excessive sweating condition over the past 7 years!

Remember: Watch the whole video, as the ending will pleasantly surprise you�

Answer 5

It's called Hyperhydrosis and you can do small things like get deoderant specifically for this, just google it and some brands will come up. I ordered mine off of eBay. It worked OK, but my body developed a resistance to it after a while. SOme harsher forms are botox and surgery.

Answer 6

Quit carrying a copy of the Oxford English dictionary around. Oh! This isn't a books and author's question?

Answer 7

They have little pads you can put into them..or when you cut shoulder pads out of anything you buy..use those under other stuff.
You are a hyper sweater? (there is some other scientific name for it) There are loads of us. Its a pain ..I hate it...it runs in families too. Talk to your doctor..sometimes they can give you medicine for it.

Answer 8

I had severe hyperhidrosis along with neurological symptoms such as arhhythmia, rapid heart rate, migraines and muscle twitching. I went through all the regular treatments including robinul, klonopin, drysol, and botox without luck.

After fifteen years of going to various specialists, I had the ETS surgery done. It went well but after 2-3 years the hyperhidrosis and Raynaud's syndrome (cold limbs) began to return.

In my case these symptoms were caused by allergies to wheat and dairy (Celiac disease) and mercury toxicity. These lead to depletion of certain amino acids and enzymes, and malabsorption of B vitamins and minerals, especially magnesium.

After eliminating grains and dairy from my diet, the symptoms have gone away. I have been taking supplements as well. Sometime in the future I will be having amalgam fillings replaced, including root canals.

If you search, you will find several sources which mention hyperhidrosis as a symptom of mercury poisoning. This can be related to wheat and dairy allergies (gluten and casein) because mercury inhibits DPP-IV, an enzyme needed to digest these foods.


Sensitivity To Gluten May Result In Neurological Dysfunction; Gluten ataxia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/04/020424073708.htm

http://www.aan.com/press/index.cfm?fuseaction=release.view&release=86

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
"Sensitivity To Gluten May Result In Neurological Dysfunction"

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/04/020424073708.htm

Gluten Sensitivity and Neurological Illness

http://www.jpgn.org/pt/re/jpgn/fulltext.00005176-199700002-00004.htm;jsessionid=GKvXljGT1CpjQ61QpwDT215JLGvyw6X1N1Tp1chnlTJKtPzR026r!-362743511!181195628!8091!-1

Advances in Clinical Neuroscience & Rehabilitation
"Neurological associations of coeliac disease"

http://www.acnr.co.uk/acnr%20july%20aug%202002.pdf
(Hyperhidrosis is on page 24)

Gluten In The Diet May Be The Cause Of Recurring Headaches

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/02/010213072604.htm

Neurological Manifestations of Celiac Disease

www.scielo.br/pdf/anp/v62n4/a07v62n4.pdf


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperhidrosis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_poisoning

http://www.mercola.com/2004/aug/14/excessive_sweating.htm
(Scroll about halfway down the page)