The Treatment of Excessive Armpit Sweating with VASER Ultrasound Energy

Excessive and uncontrolled functioning of sweat glands of armpit is considered an important ailment which disrupts personal hygiene.

When perspiration is added by a bad smell, professional work life and social cohesion are affected and the quality/comfort of life gradually decreases and deteriorates. Excessive armpit sweating is an ailment which affects roughly 3-4 people per hundred people in the community (USA, 2004). The use of topical Aluminum chloride (an application lasting 8 hours every 3 days) and Botulinum toxin injections are commonly used non-surgical techniques in the treatment of excessive axillary sweating and are temporary (palliative). In severe cases with resistant and wide scope, surgery is rarely consulted despite the fact that all potential side effects and complications can be seen. Options include the extraction of regional nerve that causes perspiration (endoscopic transthoracic sympathectomy), liposuction, curettage and tissue extraction.

The problem of excessive sweating is sometimes not limited to the axillary cavity. It can also be observed in the area of palms, soles, face and inguinal region. The diseases in the course of perspiration are called as seconder hyperhidrosis. Endocrine diseases, tumors, sympathetic nervous system disorders and some neurological / psychiatric disorders can be included in these diseases. The bad smell (foetor) caused by armpit sweating is called “osmidrosis”. This foetor (apocrine) is caused by short-chain fatty acids which emerge from the sweat glands, ammonia, and bacteria residing in the skin barrier. Armpit (Axiller) bromhydrosis means malodorous excessive and uncontrolled perspiration.

The treatment of armpit with ultrasound energy is based on a study by Chung and et al. Vaser liposuction is a system given to 3rd generation USG technology and approved by FDA for body shaping. The prefaribility reasons of Vaser systems in the treatment of axillary hyperhidrosis (sweating) are thanks to little complications, the application with short period of time, rapid improvement and comfortable and in addition to this, permanent effect for more than 1 year.

You can go back to work on the same day, do sports, take shower and make a journey on the following day with Vaser technique applied in the hospital environment with local or sedation.