Dr. Sherry Ingraham Provides Tips for Treating Excessive Sweating on Kriv - Fox 26!

>> WE'RE GETTING A BREAK FROM THE HEAT TODAY IN HOUSTON. YOU JUST KNOW THAT'S NOT GOING TO LAST FOREVER. WHEN I DOES GET HOT, WE SWEAT. IT'S AN ANNOYING NUISANCE, BUT FOR SOME IT IS A REAL PROBLEM. JOINING US IS A BOARD CERTIFIED BOARD DERMATOLOGIST. DOCTOR, WHAT DOES EXCESSIVE SWEATING BECOME A MEDICAL ISSUE? >> THE FINE LINE IS WHEN OUR SWEATING BASICALLY EXCEEDS OUR BODY'S NORMAL SWEATING TO MAINTAIN THERMOREGULATORY FUNCTION. SO THERE'S WAYS YOU CAN MEASURE. TYPICALLY A SWEAT MARK SHOULD BE FIVE CENTIMETERS. WHEN IT EXCEEDS THAT, YOU HAVE EXCESSIVE HYPERHYDROSIS. >> YOUR BODY IS TRYING TO COOL OFF ANAND SOMOMETIMES THERE'S TOO MUCH. IT'S MAKING YOU LOOK YUCKY. >> EXACTLY. >> WHAT ABOUT OVER THE COUNTER PRODUCTS? LATELY S SOME OF THE POPULAR BRANDS ARE ADVERTISING CLINICAL STRENGTH, AND IS THAT A HIGHER DOSE? >> IT'S A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF ALUMINUM ZIRCONIUM. THE PEOPLE EXCEED THOSE. THEY NEED TO PURSUE A SURGICAL INTERVENTION. >> SURGICAL. DOCTOR, JUST THINKING, ARMPIT AND SURGICAL IS SCARING ME. TELL MEME WHAT TYPES OF INTERVENTION OPTIONS PEOPLE HAVE TO CONTROL THAT? >> WE KIND OF GO UP A TREATMENT LADDER. AT AN INITIAL VISIT, I'D PRESCRIBE A PRESCRIPTION DEODORANT OR A PILL WHICH CAN BLOCK THE SWEATING. IT HAS SIDE EFFECTS LIKE DRY MOUTH. THEN THERE'S OTHER MINOR SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS. MINIMALLY INVASIVE LIKE BOTOX WHICH IS SHOWN TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE. >> SO THE BOTOX WOULD BE GETTING A LITTLE NEEDLE STICK IN THE AFFECTED AREA. HOW LONG DOES IT LAST? >> USUALLY IT WILL LAST ANYWHWHE FROM SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR. WE'RE SEEING AN AVERAGE OF SEVEN MONTHS IN MOST INDIVIDUALS. IT'S ABOUT 15 TO 20 SMALL POKES. IT'S NOT PAINLESS, BUT IT'S NOT THAT BAD. PEOPLE ARE THRILLED. ABOUT TWO TO FOUR WEEKS AFTER THE INJECTIONS, THEY REALIZE THTH'RE NOT SWEATING AS MUCH. THEY CAN WEAR THEIR CLOTHES. THEY'RE NOT EMBARRASSED. THEY CAN GO TO WORK WITHOUT BEING CONCERNED. >> WHAT ABOUT IF YOU -- MOST PEOPLE HAVE PROBLEMS SWEATING FROM THE TYPICAL AREAS, YOUR UNDERARMS. SOME PEOPLE SWEAT IN WEIRD PLACES. YOU HAVE BROW SWEAT. ARE THERE CASES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE EXCESSIVE SWEATING IN OTHER AREAS? >> IF YOU LOOK AT THE RESEARCH, THERE'S CLUSTERS. PEOPLE WITH FOCAL PRIMARY HYPERHYDROSIS CLUSTER INTO THE HANDND OR INTO MORE OF A GROIN AREA, FACIAL, SCACA SWEATING GROUP. THEY RESPOND TO TAKING THE PILLS OR YOU CAN BOTOX IN OTHER AREAS AS WELL, INCLUDING THE SCALP AND FACE TO HELP THEM. >> VERY INTERESTING. I HOPE THIS ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU. OUR ADVICE IS MAKE AN