Injectables » Hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating)

Excessive sweating, medically known as hyperhidrosis, involves overactive sweat glands. When sweating becomes excessive it can be embarrassing, uncomfortable, stressful and disabling.  

Hyperhidrosis is a condition that affects millions of people around the world. Uncontrolled sweating can occur in various parts of the body including under the arms, the palms of the hands and the feet.  High temperatures and stress can increase perspiration however they don't cause hyperhidrosis.  This condition may be an inherited trait or physiological condition that stops the body from regulating its temperature properly.

After the first treatment, the effects of BOTOX last an average of 7 months however this of course can vary from person to person.  When your symptoms begin to return, see your doctor.

As with all medicines, BOTOX may cause some side effects.  In the amounts used for this treatment, the side effects are usually temporary and localised to the area of injection.

The most common side effects for primary hyperhidrosis are a perceived increase in sweating in areas other than the underarms, pain at the injection site, pain, hot flushes and transient arm weakness.  Your doctor will discuss all side effects with you.

BOTOX treatment has been used in Australia and New Zealand in therapeutic treatments for over 15 years.  It was first approved for use in Australia for movement disorders of the eye and face in 1993 and for eye spasms and crossed eyes in New Zealand.