The use of Botox in aesthetic medicine as a wrinkle filler is well known. It turns out that its action also helps effectively fight another unpleasant problem. Botox is excellent at inhibiting the sweat glands, thus preventing the production of sweat. Botox will help you win against hyperhidrosis.
Botox – what is it?
Botox, or botulinum toxin, is a substance produced by the anaerobic bacteria Bacillus botulinus. It is popularly known as botulism. Ingesting it can be associated with severe intoxication, but injected in small amounts into the muscles of our body, it has no harmful effect on the body.
How exactly does Botox work?
This substance causes a blockade of nerve impulses reaching the sweat glands. They are the ones responsible for the production of sweat. The toxin is introduced into areas that are most prone to sweating – armpits, palms, feet, forehead.
What does the treatment look like?
Injection of botulinum toxin into the selected body part takes about 30 minutes. It is a minimally painful procedure with no complications. It uses a very thin needle. After the procedure, the patient may experience mild irritation, and the skin is sometimes slightly swollen. However, the side effects pass after a few days, and clear results can be seen after just 3-4 days. Such a procedure can be performed at Beauty Skin Clinic in Warsaw.
Botox temporarily stops the function of sweat glands. Beauty Skin experts stress that this is a fully reversible inhibition of sweat production.
How long does the effect last?
Botox injection results in the complete elimination or significant reduction of underarm sweating in almost all treated patients. Such an effect usually lasts from 6 to 9 months. The treatment can be repeated every 5-9 months, but this is, of course, an individual issue.
Treatment price
The cost of the procedure, depending on the body part, is about £1,200 to £1,500.
Benefits of Botox in the fight against sweating:
- The procedure is quick, taking only about 30 minutes,
- is effective, an excellent effect is noticed in almost all patients,
- The procedure is completely safe and almost painless.
Other uses of Botox
- Filling in facial and deep wrinkles.
- Removal of the so-called. chicken feet.
- It lifts the drooping corners of the mouth.
- Treatment of migraine pain; in this case it is treated as a prolonged analgesic.
- In ophthalmology for the treatment of strabismus; Botox injections relax the contracted oculomotor muscles, so the eyeballs align properly.
- Helpful in treating diseases of the nervous system.
- Used to treat bruxism, or the morbid grinding of teeth during sleep; botulinum toxin relaxes the muscles and reduces tension in the jaw.
- In the treatment of an overactive bladder; it inhibits spontaneous contractions of this organ.
Botox contraindications:
- Pregnant and breastfeeding women,
- People with blood clotting disorders,
- People with skin diseases and lesions.
Botox treatment for excessive sweating is a groundbreaking and effective method. It allows to eliminate the unpleasant problem for a while and restore daily comfort. If other ways don’t help, consider undergoing this treatment.