Welcome to the Arm Pit
Sweating Website:
This website is
designed to explain about Arm Pit sweating (or more properly Axillary
Hyperhidrosis) and the ways it can be treated and now cured.
See the video of Mark Whiteley performing
LSA on the
BBC Online:
Click on the picture to see the video on the BBC Online website
 Quoted in:
The Mail on Sunday 8th March 2009:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1160297/The-3-500-laser-surgery-stop-sweating-good.html
The Telegraph 9th March 2009:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/4960649/Laser-operation-to-stop-sweating.html
The Daily Star 9th March 2009:
Click on the picture to see the article in a new window
The Surrey Advertiser 13th March 2009:
Click on the picture to see the article
in a new window
Why do we sweat from our armpits
(axillae)?
Our under-arm area, or arm pits, are
medically called our Axillae (one is an axilla, two or more are axillae).
Humans sweat:
- to lose heat
- in times of stress
- with certain medical conditions
It is an interesting fact that human are
the smallest animal to sweat. Animals smaller than us lose heat by other
techniques - ie: dogs pant over a wet tongue to lose heat.
Humans and larger animal have sweat
glands to secrete sweat and so to lose heat.
Sweating is not evenly distributed over
the body. Different people sweat more from some areas than others.
The underarms - or axillae - are enclosed
areas which heats up and where the air cannot circulate much - so in
everybody there is a higher chance of sweating from this area.
Some people sweat more here than others -
this is really just the way their nervous system is wired up! Research has
shown that if you sweat about 1 ml (or 1 cc) per hour from the armpit, the
sweat evaporates and you don't think that you have a sweating problem.
People who know they have a sweating
problem sweat about 3.5 mls per hour from each arm pit. the air cannot
evaporate this much water and so it runs out of the skin, staining the
clothes and causing embarrassment.
What can I do to stop sweating from my
arm pits?
Most people can control their arm pit
sweating (or axillary hyperhidrosis) by anti-perspirant sprays or roll on
preparations. If these are effective, you won't need the rest of this
website.
However, if these preparations are not
effective, or if they irritate your skin, then this website will have
answers for you.
Medical Treatments for Arm Pit
sweating or Axillary Hyperhidrosis
The most important thing, before talking
about treatment, is to make sure that you don't have a simple problem.
Many people think
they have axillary hyperhidrosis but actually:
- Dress inappropriately for the conditions
- Drink too much fluid
- Have a medical condition
Therefore before you decide on a treatment,
it is essential that you see an expert who will check you out and see if
there is a problem that can be treated without going to the medical
treatments in this website.
Sometimes a consultation and tests to find
such a problem can be the most effective - and cost effective - way of
treating this problem!!!
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