What is sweating?
Sweating is the secretion of sweat glands in our skin for various reasons such as heat or emotional stress. There are two types of sweat glands in our skin: eccrine and apocrine. While eccrine sweat glands are found throughout our body, most concentrated in the hands, feet and forehead areas, apocrine glands are mostly located in the armpits. While eccrine sweat glands help balance body temperature by secreting a salty water consistency when the temperature increases, apocrine glands secrete a milky consistency along with sweat during times of emotional stress. Sweating is a physiological event. However, excessive sweating is called hyperhidrosis. While it can be a symptom of various diseases such as hyperhidrosis and hyperthyroidism, it can also be seen in normal people regardless of a disease. However, excessive sweating and the smell of sweat can negatively affect a person's work and social life, disrupting the comfort of life and causing psychological problems.
What is the smell of sweat? Why does sweat odor occur? What is bad body odor?
Sweat and sebum, the secretions of apocrine sweat glands, are normally odorless. When this secretion encounters and breaks down the bacteria on the body surface, bad sweat and body odor appear. The reason for the bad odor emanating from our body from time to time is that this milky content released from the sweat and sebaceous glands encounters bacteria and is destroyed.
In which areas does sweating occur most often?
Sweat glands are the scalp, face, armpits, groin. It is located on the soles of the hands and feet. There may be intense sweating in these areas. However, underarm sweating is one of the areas where sweating is most intense, causing problems in social life.
What is the treatment for sweating?
Medical and surgical treatment can be applied in the treatment of excessive sweating.
Various lotions, creams and antipersepirant preparations can be used in medical treatment.
Ionophoresis is a form of treatment performed by administering low-voltage electrical current, especially used for excessive sweating in the hands and feet.
Excessive sweating can also be treated with surgery. Excessive sweating can be treated surgically with endoscopic or open thoracal sympathectomy. Clip-on endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS) is another surgical minimum. It is an invasive excessive sweating treatment method.
Sweating treatment with botinilum toxin (botox) is also a treatment method.
What is sweating treatment with Botox? How does Botox affect sweating?
Acetylcholine released from nerve endings binds to sweat glands and initiates sweat secretion. In other words, sweat glands need acetylcholine to function. Botox temporarily blocks the release of acetylcholine from nerve endings, preventing the sweat glands from functioning. In this way, the sweat production of the sweat glands in the area where botox is applied is reduced. Thus, sweating treatment is achieved.
What is the duration of sweating treatment with Botox? Is sweating treatment with Botox permanent?
The permanence of sweating treatment with Botox varies between 6-12 months. This period has been reported as 210 days on average. It may vary from person to person. It is not a permanent treatment.
Why is armpit sweating treatment important? What is the treatment of underarm sweating with Botox?
The armpit is one of the areas where sweating occurs the most. Apocrine sweat glands are concentrated in the armpit. Armpit sweating not only causes bad odor, but also causes the clothes to get wet, stains and turns yellow, and is the area that causes social problems the most.
Excessive armpit sweating can be treated with botox injection. In the treatment of sweating with Botox, areas approximately 2 cm square where the botox injection will be made are determined by drawing the area where the sweating occurs. A total of 20-25 areas to be injected are revealed. Each area determined by drawing is entered with an insulin needle at a 45 degree angle and a tiny botox injection is made to a depth of approximately 2 mm. The effect occurs on average within 1-2 weeks. The duration of permanence varies between 6-12 months, but the average is around 210 days. Reducing or stopping sweating also helps get rid of sweat odor.
What is hand and foot sweating?
Increased hand and foot sweating may cause discomfort in some people. Increased hand sweating, especially during emotional stress, negatively affects social life. Wet hands help people avoid shaking hands when meeting new people or during job interviews. It can open. In this case, it creates a problem in itself. Hand and foot sweating can be treated with Botox.
What is foot odor? Why does foot odor occur?
When sweat in the feet encounters bacteria, bad odor occurs. This is the cause of foot odor. Various creams, powders and botox can be used to treat sweating.
How do antiperspirants work?
Antipersepirant can be used. These antiperspirant preparations are aluminum-based compounds. These reduce sweating for a while by temporarily blocking the channel through which the sweat glands open to the skin.
What are the side effects of drugs that reduce sweating and antipersepirants? How to treat the side effects of antiperspirant drugs?
Antiperspirant preparations, that is, antiperspirants, are strong solutions and can sometimes cause itching, redness and swelling of the skin. If side effects of antipersepirants occur, it is necessary to wash the applied area with plenty of water.
How to prevent sweat odor? How do deodorants affect sweating? How do deodorants affect the formation of bad odor?
While deodorants reduce bad odor, they do not affect sweating. They reduce the formation of bad odor by making the skin acidic and preventing bacteria that cause bad odor from harboring on the skin. Deodorants also suppress bad odor because they contain perfume.
What are the foods that cause sweat odor?
Some scented spices, caffeinated drinks, foods with strong odors such as fenugreek and bacon cause bad sweat odor. Not eating these products prevents sweat odor.
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